Save Type Settlement Usage English, Dutch Pronounced Pron. al-JIRZ(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Arabic الجزائر (al-Jaza'ir) meaning "the islands". This is the name of the capital city of Algeria, so named because of the islands in its bay. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsAlgeria(English) Algerije(Dutch) Other Languages & CulturesJaza'ir(Arabic) Algeria(Finnish) Alger, Algérie(French) Algerien, Algier(German) Algeria(Greek) Algeri, Algeria(Italian) Algier(Polish) Argel, Argélia(Portuguese) Alger, Algeria(Romanian) Argel, Argelia(Spanish) Categories African cities, national capitals