1 El Harrach, a suburb of Algiers, is located about 10 kilometres (6 miles) to the east of the city.  The communes of Hydra, Ben Aknoun, El-Biar and Bouzareah form what the inhabitants of Algiers call the heights of Algiers.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  author(Noun) The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition. 2  author(Noun) Someone who writes books for a living; a bookwright. 3  author(Verb) To create a work as its author.
purÂ·portÂ·ed. adj. Assumed to be such; supposed: the purported author of the story. purÂ·portâ²edÂ·ly adv. (pÉËËpÉËtÉªd). purËportedly adv.