Algiers

North African capital

Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria, located on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.

The city's name derives from the Arabic for "the islands," referring to small islands once visible from its harbor.

The ferry from Marseille arrives in Algiers after twenty hours.

colonial

French

Of or from Paris's nation

  • OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
  • piracySeaborne theft or bootlegging
  • BarbaryHistoric North African coast

independence · revolution · colonialism · decolonization · 1962 · resistance · liberation · protectorate

Maghreb

Tunis

North African capital city

Constantine · Benghazi · Sahara · Berber · Atlas · Mediterranean · casbah · souk

Categories
Opposites
maghreb regional contrast

AlgiersTunis

North African capital city

Tripoli · Casablanca · Marrakech · Cairo

colonial history

AlgiersParis

France's chief city

Marseille · Lyon

mediterranean geography

AlgiersMarseille

Major southern French seaport

Barcelona · Rome · Naples · Genoa · Nice

Family

Algeria, Algerian

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G