Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria | Yes | No | No | No |
Salafast Group for Call and Combat | Yes | No | No | No |
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (noun) | Salafast Group for Call and Combat (noun) |
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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 | an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa |