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Algeria · English meaning
A church candlestick
carries an Algerian city name.
The small hand-held candlestick called a bugia once lit books for Catholic clergy. Its name comes from the Latin name of Béjaïa in Algeria, once a source of candle wax.
An old trade route
remains in a word.
Summary / translation: Unbubly · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Reviewed: 2026-10-01