Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
noun
a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
Syn: ↑Algeria, ↑Algerie
Derivationally related forms: ↑Algerian (for: ↑Algeria)
Members of this Region: ↑Armed Islamic Group, ↑GIA, ↑Salafist Group, ↑Salafast Group for Call and Combat, ↑GSPC
Instance Hypernyms: ↑African country, ↑African nation
Part Holonyms: ↑Maghreb, ↑Mahgrib
Member Meronyms: ↑Algerian
Part Meronyms:

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