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Nigeria

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See also: Nigéria, Nígería, Nigèria, and nigerià

English

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Nigeria

Etymology

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From Niger +‎ -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria

  2. A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).
    • 2007 February 5, Roger Blench, “The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities”, in rogerblench.info‎[1], page 1:
      This is an annotated wordlist of the Ayere language, spoken in Ayere village in Kwara State, Nigeria. The wordlist was written by Mr. E.O. Olumorin for the West African Languages Survey in November 1961.
    • 2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN‎[2]:
      Doctors in Nigeria have criticized a mass national identification registration policy, involving tens of millions of citizens, as Covid-19 cases and deaths rise in the country.

Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: ナイジェリア (Naijeria)

Translations

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See also

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countries in Africa (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

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Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /niˈɣeː.ri.aː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

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Nigeria n

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Derived terms

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Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈniɡeriɑ/, [ˈniɡe̞ˌriɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ni‧ge‧ri‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

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Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Declension

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Inflection of Nigeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Nigeria —
genitive Nigerian —
partitive Nigeriaa —
illative Nigeriaan —
singular plural
nominative Nigeria —
accusative nom. Nigeria —
gen. Nigerian
genitive Nigerian —
partitive Nigeriaa —
inessive Nigeriassa —
elative Nigeriasta —
illative Nigeriaan —
adessive Nigerialla —
ablative Nigerialta —
allative Nigerialle —
essive Nigeriana —
translative Nigeriaksi —
abessive Nigeriatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Nigeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigeriani —
accusative nom. Nigeriani —
gen. Nigeriani
genitive Nigeriani —
partitive Nigeriaani —
inessive Nigeriassani —
elative Nigeriastani —
illative Nigeriaani —
adessive Nigeriallani —
ablative Nigerialtani —
allative Nigerialleni —
essive Nigerianani —
translative Nigeriakseni —
abessive Nigeriattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigeriasi —
accusative nom. Nigeriasi —
gen. Nigeriasi
genitive Nigeriasi —
partitive Nigeriaasi —
inessive Nigeriassasi —
elative Nigeriastasi —
illative Nigeriaasi —
adessive Nigeriallasi —
ablative Nigerialtasi —
allative Nigeriallesi —
essive Nigerianasi —
translative Nigeriaksesi —
abessive Nigeriattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigeriamme —
accusative nom. Nigeriamme —
gen. Nigeriamme
genitive Nigeriamme —
partitive Nigeriaamme —
inessive Nigeriassamme —
elative Nigeriastamme —
illative Nigeriaamme —
adessive Nigeriallamme —
ablative Nigerialtamme —
allative Nigeriallemme —
essive Nigerianamme —
translative Nigeriaksemme —
abessive Nigeriattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigerianne —
accusative nom. Nigerianne —
gen. Nigerianne
genitive Nigerianne —
partitive Nigeriaanne —
inessive Nigeriassanne —
elative Nigeriastanne —
illative Nigeriaanne —
adessive Nigeriallanne —
ablative Nigerialtanne —
allative Nigeriallenne —
essive Nigeriananne —
translative Nigeriaksenne —
abessive Nigeriattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigeriansa —
accusative nom. Nigeriansa —
gen. Nigeriansa
genitive Nigeriansa —
partitive Nigeriaansa —
inessive Nigeriassaan
Nigeriassansa 		—
elative Nigeriastaan
Nigeriastansa 		—
illative Nigeriaansa —
adessive Nigeriallaan
Nigeriallansa 		—
ablative Nigerialtaan
Nigerialtansa 		—
allative Nigerialleen
Nigeriallensa 		—
essive Nigerianaan
Nigerianansa 		—
translative Nigeriakseen
Nigeriaksensa 		—
abessive Nigeriattaan
Nigeriattansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

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French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria m

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
    Synonym: République fédérale du Nigeria

Derived terms

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria n (proper noun, genitive Nigerias or (optionally with an article) Nigeria)

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
    Synonym: Bundesrepubik Nigeria

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Noun

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Nigeria (plural Nigeria-Nigeria or para Nigeria)

  1. Nigerian

Adjective

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Nigeria (comparative lebih Nigeria, superlative paling Nigeria)

  1. Nigerian

See also

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countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒɛ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧gè‧ria

Proper noun

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Nigeria f

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia la

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigēria f sg (genitive Nigēriae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Nigēria
genitive Nigēriae
dative Nigēriae
accusative Nigēriam
ablative Nigēriā
vocative Nigēria

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Proper noun

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Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɲiˈɡɛ.rja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

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Nigeria f (related adjective nigeryjski)

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Declension

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Declension of Nigeria
singular
nominative Nigeria
genitive Nigerii
dative Nigerii
accusative Nigerię
instrumental Nigerią
locative Nigerii
vocative Nigerio

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

Further reading

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  • Nigeria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria f

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

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Anagrams

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Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

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countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

References

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Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Proper noun

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Nigeria f (not mutable)

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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See also

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countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

Further reading

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  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Nigeria”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
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