How to pronounce yards in English

The ewe was in the yard.

Ziri was doing some chores around the yard.

Yanni planted a fig tree in his yard.

We planted several trees in our front yard.

The name Algeria comes from "Al-Jazair" which means "islands" in Arabic. The country is named after its capital city which, in turn, was named after four little islands that were located a few dozens of yards off the coast of the old city of Algiers. It was the Berber dynasty of the Zirids that made Algiers the capital of their kingdom in the 10th century AD.