Niger

See also: niger and Níger

English

Etymology

Commonly linked by folk etymology to Latin niger (“black”), which likely influenced the modern spelling.

Some sources give the term to Tuareg roots, deriving it from a claimed gher n-gheren or egereou n-igereouen (“river of rivers”).

Older sources derive Niger, via a series of mistranslations and geographic misplacements by Greek, Roman and Arab geographers, from Ptolemy's descriptions of the wadi Gir (in modern Algeria) and the "Lower Gir" (or "Ni-Gir") to the south.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪ.dʒə(ɹ)/ or, for the country, also /niːˈʒɛə(ɹ)/
• enPR: nīʹjər, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪ.dʒɚ/ or, for the country, also enPR: nēzhârʹ, /niːˈʒɛɚ/

  The second pronunciations of the country's name follow how it is pronounced in French, the official language of Niger.

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪdʒə(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Niger

2. A country in West Africa situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of Niger.
4. A river in Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Related terms

• Nigeria
• Nigerien
• Nigerois
• Transnigerian

Translations

country

• Amharic: ኒጄር (niǧer)
• Arabic: اَلنِّيجَر f (an-nījar), اَلنِّيجَر f (an-nīgar)
• Armenian: Նիգեր (Niger)
• Azerbaijani: Niger (az)
• Belarusian: Ні́гер m (Níhjer)
• Bengali: নাইজার (naijar)
• Breton: Niger
• Bulgarian: Ни́гер m (Níger)
• Burmese: နိုင်ဂျာ (nuinggya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼日爾／尼日尔 (zh) (Nírì'ěr), 尼日尔 (zh) (Nírì'ěr)

• Czech: Niger (cs) m
• Danish: Niger (da)
• Dhivehi: ނީޖަރު (nījaru)
• Dutch: Niger (nl)
• Esperanto: Niĝero (eo), Niĝerlando
• Estonian: Niger (et)
• Faroese: Niger
• Finnish: Niger (fi)
• French: Niger (fr) m
• Galician: Níxer (gl) m
• Georgian: ნიგერი (nigeri)
• German: Niger (de)
• Greek: Νίγηρας (el) n (Nígiras)
• Hausa: Nijar
• Hebrew: ניז׳ר f (nijer)
• Hindi: नाइजर (hi) (nāijar)
• Hungarian: Niger (hu)
• Icelandic: Níger (is) n
• Interlingua: Niger
• Irish: An Nígir f, Poblacht na Nígire f
• Italian: Niger (it) m
• Japanese: ニジェール (Nijēru)
• Kalenjin: Naija
• Kamba: Naija
• Kazakh: Нигер (Niger)
• Khmer: នីហ្សេ (km) (niizee)
• Kikuyu: Naija
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• Korean: 니제르 (Nijereu)
• Kyrgyz: Нигер (Niger)
• Latgalian: Nigereja f
• Latvian: Nigēra (lv) f
• Luhya: Naija
• Luo: Naija
• Macedonian: Нигер m (Niger)
• Maori: Ngāika
• Meru: Naija
• Mongolian: Нигер (Niger)
• Norman: Niger m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Niger (no)

  Nynorsk: Niger (nn)

• Persian: نیجر (nijer)
• Polish: Niger (pl)
• Portuguese: Níger (pt)
• Romanian: Niger (ro) n
• Russian: Ни́гер (ru) m (Níger)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нигер m

  Roman: Niger (sh) m

• Sinhalese: නයිජර් (nayijar)
• Slovak: Niger m
• Slovene: Niger (sl) m
• Spanish: Níger (es)
• Swahili: Nijeri (sw)
• Swedish: Niger (sv)
• Tagalog: Niher
• Tajik: Ниҷер (Nijer)
• Thai: ไนเจอร์ (th) (nai-jə̂ə)
• Tigrinya: ናይጀር (nayǧär)
• Turkish: Nijer (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ні́гер (uk) m (Níher)
• Uzbek: Niger (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ni-giê
• Yoruba: Nàìjá

river

• Esperanto: Niĝero (eo)
• Galician: Níxer (gl) m
• Greek: Νίγηρας (el) n (Nígiras)
• Hausa: Kwara
• Icelandic: Nígerfljót n
• Igbo: Òrìmili
• Japanese: ニジェール (Nijēru)
• Macedonian: Нигер m (Niger)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: Níger (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нигер m

  Roman: Niger (sh) m

• Slovak: Niger m
• Swedish: Niger (sv)
• Turkish: Nijer (tr)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Niger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Grein, Negri, Reign, nigre, re-nig, reign, renig, ringe

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Czech

Proper noun

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

Related terms

• nigerský
• Nigeřan

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Finnish

Proper noun

Niger

1. Niger (country)

Declension

Inflection of Niger (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Niger	—
genitive		Nigerin	—
partitive		Nigeriä	—
illative		Nigeriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Niger	—
accusative	nom.	Niger	—
	gen.	Nigerin
genitive		Nigerin	—
partitive		Nigeriä	—
inessive		Nigerissä	—
elative		Nigeristä	—
illative		Nigeriin	—
adessive		Nigerillä	—
ablative		Nigeriltä	—
allative		Nigerille	—
essive		Nigerinä	—
translative		Nigeriksi	—
abessive		Nigerittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Niger (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Nigerini — accusative nom. Nigerini — gen. Nigerini genitive Nigerini — partitive Nigeriäni — inessive Nigerissäni — elative Nigeristäni — illative Nigeriini — adessive Nigerilläni — ablative Nigeriltäni — allative Nigerilleni — essive Nigerinäni — translative Nigerikseni — abessive Nigerittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Nigerisi — accusative nom. Nigerisi — gen. Nigerisi genitive Nigerisi — partitive Nigeriäsi — inessive Nigerissäsi — elative Nigeristäsi — illative Nigeriisi — adessive Nigerilläsi — ablative Nigeriltäsi — allative Nigerillesi — essive Nigerinäsi — translative Nigeriksesi — abessive Nigerittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Nigerimme — accusative nom. Nigerimme — gen. Nigerimme genitive Nigerimme — partitive Nigeriämme — inessive Nigerissämme — elative Nigeristämme — illative Nigeriimme — adessive Nigerillämme — ablative Nigeriltämme — allative Nigerillemme — essive Nigerinämme — translative Nigeriksemme — abessive Nigerittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Nigerinne — accusative nom. Nigerinne — gen. Nigerinne genitive Nigerinne — partitive Nigeriänne — inessive Nigerissänne — elative Nigeristänne — illative Nigeriinne — adessive Nigerillänne — ablative Nigeriltänne — allative Nigerillenne — essive Nigerinänne — translative Nigeriksenne — abessive Nigerittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Nigerinsä — accusative nom. Nigerinsä — gen. Nigerinsä genitive Nigerinsä — partitive Nigeriään Nigeriänsä — inessive Nigerissään Nigerissänsä — elative Nigeristään Nigeristänsä — illative Nigeriinsä — adessive Nigerillään Nigerillänsä — ablative Nigeriltään Nigeriltänsä — allative Nigerilleen Nigerillensä — essive Nigerinään Nigerinänsä — translative Nigerikseen Nigeriksensä — abessive Nigerittään Nigerittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• nigeriläinen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.ʒɛʁ/

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Proper noun

Niger m

1. Niger (country)

Derived terms

• Nigérien (“Nigerien”), Nigérienne
• nigérien

See also

• Nigérian (“Nigerian, person from Nigeria”), Nigériane
• nigérian

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈniːɡɐ]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Niger m or n (genitive Nigers)

1. Niger (country)

Synonyms

• Nigerien n (obsolete)
• Republik Niger (“Republic of the Niger”)

Derived terms

• Nigrer (“Nigerien, person from Niger”)
• nigrisch

Proper noun

Niger m (proper noun, strong, genitive Nigers)

1. Niger (river)

Related terms

• Nigeria

See also

• Nigerianer (“Nigerian, person from Nigeria”)
• nigerianisch

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Italian

Proper noun

Niger m

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

Derived terms

• nigerino

Anagrams

• negri
• regni

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Latin

Etymology

From niger (“black, dark”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡer/, [ˈnɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.d͡ʒer/, [ˈniːd͡ʒer]

Proper noun

Niger m (genitive Nigrī); second declension

1. A Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
   • (Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger)[1]

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Niger	Nigrī
Genitive	Nigrī	Nigrōrum
Dative	Nigrō	Nigrīs
Accusative	Nigrum	Nigrōs
Ablative	Nigrō	Nigrīs
Vocative	Niger	Nigrī

Proper noun

Niger m sg (genitive Nigris); third declension

1. the river Niger in Africa
   • 1534, Joachim Vadianus, Epitome trium terrae partium Asiae, Africae et Europae compendiariam...:

     Efficit autem hoc suo flexu, ut etiam ultra Athlantem Africa ad usque Nigrim fluuium excurrat, Plinio & Ptolemaeo.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Niger
Genitive	Nigris
Dative	Nigrī
Accusative	Nigrim
Ablative	Nigre
Vocative	Niger

References

• “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

• “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Niger

1. Niger (country)

Related terms

• nigerer
• nigersk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Niger

1. Niger (country)

Related terms

• nigerar
• nigersk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲi.ɡɛr/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Niger m

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

Declension

Declension of Niger

	singular
nominative	Niger
genitive	Nigru
dative	Nigrowi
accusative	Niger
instrumental	Nigrem
locative	Nigrze
vocative	Nigrze

Derived terms

• (#1) Nigerczyk m, Nigerka f
• adjective: nigerski

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nîɡer/
• Hyphenation: Ni‧ger

Proper noun

Nȉger m (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏гер)

1. Niger (country, river)

Declension

Declension of Niger

	singular
nominative	Niger
genitive	Nigera
dative	Nigeru
accusative	Niger
vocative	Nigere
locative	Nigeru
instrumental	Nigerom

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Swahili

Proper noun

Niger

1. Niger (country)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Swedish

Proper noun

Niger n (genitive Nigers)

1. Niger (country)

Anagrams

• Inger, inger, regin, ringe