Nigeria

See also Nigéria

See also Niger

English

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Etymology

Named after the Niger River, from a native term "Ni Gir" (meaning "River Gir"). The name has often been misinterpreted as derived from the Latin niger (“black”), a reference to the dark complexions of the inhabitants of the region.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /naɪˈdʒɪə(ɹ).i.ə/, SAMPA: /naI"dZI@(r).i.@/

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Proper noun

Nigeria

1. Country in Western Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Derived terms

• Nigerian

Translations

in Western Africa

Arabic: نيجيريا (ar) (nijiiriya) f., نايجيريا (ar) (nayjiiriya) f. Egyptian Arabic: نايجيريا Armenian: Նիգերիա (hy) (Nigeria) Belarusian: Нігерыя (be) (Nihéryja) f. Bengali: নাইজেরিয়া (bn) Bosnian: Nigerija (bs) f. Breton: Nigeria Bulgarian: Нигерия (bg) (Nigérija) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 尼日利亞 (cmn), 尼日利亚 (cmn) (Nírìlìyà), 奈及利亞 (cmn), 奈及利亚 (cmn) (Nàijílìyà) (Taiwan) Croatian: Nigerija (hr) f. Czech: Nigérie (cs) f. Danish: Nigeria (da) Dutch: Nigeria (nl) Esperanto: Nigerio, Niĝerio Finnish: Nigeria (fi) French: Nigeria (fr) m. German: Nigeria (de) Greek: Νιγηρία (el) (Nigiría) f. Hausa: Nijeriya (ha) Hindi: नाइजीरिया (hi) (nā'ijīriyā) Hungarian: Nigéria (hu) Igbo: Naigeria Interlingua: Nigeria Irish: An Nigéir (ga) f., Poblacht Chónaidhme na Nigéire (ga) f. Italian: Nigeria (it) f. Japanese: ナイジェリア (ja) (Naijeria)

Kalenjin: Nijeria Kamba: Nijeria Kikuyu: Nigeria Korean: 나이지리아 (ko) (Naijiria) Luhya: Nigeria Luo: Nigeria Macedonian: Нигерија (mk) (Nigérija) f. Maltese: in-Niġerja Meru: Nigeria Norwegian: Nigeria (no) Persian: نیجریه (fa) (Nijeriye) Polish: Nigeria (pl) f. Portuguese: Nigéria (pt) f. Romanian: Nigeria (ro) f. Russian: Нигерия (ru) (Nigérija) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: Нигерија f. Roman: Nigerija f. Slovak: Nigéria (sk) f. Slovene: Nigerija (sl) f. Spanish: Nigeria (es) f. Swahili: Nijeria (sw) Swedish: Nigeria (sv) Thai: ไนเธอเรีย (th) Turkish: Nijerya (tr) Ukrainian: Нігерія (uk) (Nihérija) f. Yoruba: Nàìjíríà (yo)

See also

• Abuja
• Countries of the world

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Proper noun

Nigeria

1. Nigeria

Declension

Declension of Nigeria (type kulkija) singular plural nominative Nigeria – genitive Nigerian – partitive Nigeriaa – accusative Nigeria Nigerian – inessive Nigeriassa – elative Nigeriasta – illative Nigeriaan – adessive Nigerialla – ablative Nigerialta – allative Nigerialle – essive Nigeriana – translative Nigeriaksi – instructive – – abessive Nigeriatta – comitative – – 1) Rare.

Derived terms

• nigerialainen

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Proper noun

Nigeria n.

1. Nigeria

Derived terms

• Nigerianer
• Nigerianerin
• nigerianisch

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Italian

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Proper noun

Nigeria f.

1. Nigeria

Related terms

• nigeriano

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Latin

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Proper noun

Nigeria (genitive Nigeriae); f, first declension

1. Nigeria

Inflection

nominative	Nigeria
genitive	Nigeriae
dative	Nigeriae
accusative	Nigeriam
ablative	Nigeriā
vocative	Nigeria
locative	Nigeriae

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Proper noun

Nigeria

1. Nigeria

Related terms

• nigerianer
• nigeriansk

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɲiˈɡɛrja/

Proper noun

Nigeria f.

1. Nigeria

Declension

	Singular only
Nominative	Nigeria
Genitive	Nigerii
Dative	Nigerii
Accusative	Nigerię
Instrumental	Nigerią
Locative	Nigerii
Vocative	Nigerio

Derived terms

• Nigeryjczyk m., Nigeryjka f.
• adjective: nigeryjski

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Spanish

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Proper noun

Nigeria f.

1. Nigeria

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Swedish

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Proper noun

Nigeria

1. Nigeria