köken: Borrowed from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.
A city on the coast of Algeria, Roman Mauretania Caesariensis, now contained by the qaṣaba of Algiers
köken: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰκόσιον (Ikósion), from Punic 𐤀𐤉𐤊𐤎𐤌 (ʾyksm).
Etimoloji
Borrowed from Algerian Arabic الجزائر (el-dzāyir, literally “the islands”) (Standard Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”)), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.