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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : HORATIO ALGER

 

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foudutimbre
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26 Feb 2019
03:49:00am

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Horatio Alger is an American writer, his name appeal me because "Alger" is the name of Algeria’s capital.

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Who can give me more information on his name and why it is Alger ?

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Guthrum
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26 Feb 2019
04:11:05am
re: HORATIO ALGER

Let me speculate. Given the first element of the name it could originally be from Arabic. Al ghyr, for example, means (very roughly) 'one who is beyond'. In English, 'Mr Welsh' means (very roughly) Mr Foreigner. I suspect other languages have similar names attributed originally to families who were not from the immediate neighbourhood.

Wikipedia lists 10 'Alger' place-names in the USA.

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foudutimbre

26 Feb 2019
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Horatio Alger is an American writer, his name appeal me because "Alger" is the name of Algeria’s capital.

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Who can give me more information on his name and why it is Alger ?

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Guthrum

26 Feb 2019
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re: HORATIO ALGER

Let me speculate. Given the first element of the name it could originally be from Arabic. Al ghyr, for example, means (very roughly) 'one who is beyond'. In English, 'Mr Welsh' means (very roughly) Mr Foreigner. I suspect other languages have similar names attributed originally to families who were not from the immediate neighbourhood.

Wikipedia lists 10 'Alger' place-names in the USA.

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