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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
Appendix II Semitic Roots |
| ENTRY: | gzr. |
| DEFINITION: | West Semitic, to cut off, destroy. Algeria, Algiers, from Arabic al-jaz  ir, the islands, Algeria, plural of al-jaz ra, the island (< “cut off” from land). |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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