Aljir: Béda antarrépisi

Katelah ''El-Bahdja'' (البهجة) atawa ''Alger la Blanche'' ("Algiers the White") for the glistening white of its buildings as seen rising up from the séa, Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The city name is derived from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word ''al-jazā’ir'', which translates as ''the islands'', referring to the four islands which laid off the city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in 1525. ''Al-jazā’ir'' is itself a truncated form of the city's older name ''jazā’ir banī mazghannā'', "the islands of (the tribe) Bani Mazghanna", used by éarly medieval géographers such as [[al-Idrisi]] and [[Yaqut al-Hamawi]]. Algiers is the only Algerian city with an [[English language|English]] name different from its [[French language|French]] name.

 

 

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