No. 318 in Arabic
الجزائر
"Algeria" (a country in North Africa).
In a sentence
زرت الجزائر في الصيف الماضي.
I visited Algeria last summer.
Here, "الجزائر" refers to the country of Algeria as a proper noun signifying a geographic location.
تُعتبر الجزائر من الدول العربية الكبيرة.
Algeria is considered one of the big Arab countries.
In this sentence, "الجزائر" functions as the subject noun, again referring to the country.
قرأت كتابًا عن تاريخ الجزائر.
I read a book about the history of Algeria.
Here, "الجزائر" is used in a possessive phrase to indicate the history belonging to that country.
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