Niger en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (UK) audio
- nēzhârʹ (General-American)
- /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- (General-American)
- /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ (General-American)
- nīʹjər (General-American)
- (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Tuareg n'igherren? ▲ Latin nigerinflu. French Nigerbor. English Niger Borrowed from French Niger. For further 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”). Compare Tarifit iɣzar-n-iɣezran. 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.
Meanings
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A country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of the Niger.
An American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger more than six years ago and held hostage by terrorists has been released, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted on Monday.
2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN:
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A major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.
From here we can see the River Niger in the distance running across town, a long gleaming diamond in the horizon.
2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 290:
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A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Minna.
Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.
2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Niger | canonical | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Volta-Niger · Nigger · Nigersaurus
Descendants
Holonyms
Relateds
Proto-Volta-Niger · Republic of Niger · Nigerois · Nigeria · Nigerien · Transnigerian · Niger-Saharan
Translations (113)
ha Kwara (river) · cmn 尼日 (country) · bg Ни́гер (country) · sh Nȉger (country) · ka ნიგერი (country) · nrf Niger (country) · arz نيچير f النيچر (country) · alt Нигер суу (river) · ro Niger (country) · ru Ниге́р (country) · tl Niher (country) · eo Niĝero (river) · hu Niger (country) · sh Ни̏гер (country) · eo Niĝero (country) · am ኒጄር (country) · af Nigerrivier (river) · bg Ни́гер (river) · vi Ni-giê (country) · kln Naija (country) · sv Niger (country) · af Niger (country) · alt Нигер (country) · hi नाइजर (country) · fo Niger (country) · es Níger (country) · ky Нигер (country) · cmn 尼日爾河 /尼日尔河 (river) · my နိုင်ဂျာ (country) · br Niger (country) · tr Nijer (river) · da Niger (country) · ha Nijar (country) · co Nìger (country) · sh Niger (river) · el Νίγηρας (country) · mk Нигер (country) · fi Niger (country) · lt Nigeris (country) · tr Nijer (country) · lt Nigeris (river) · ny Mtsinje wa Niger (river) · gl Níxer (river) · sw Nijeri (country) · mer Naija (country) · aii ܢܝܼܓ̰ܲܪ (country) · xmf ნიგერი (country) · pt Níger (river) · tg Ниҷер (country) · si නයිජර් (country) · arz نهر النيچر (river) · luy Naija (country) · km នីហ្សេ (country) · sl Niger (country) · mi Ngāika (country) · az Niger (country) · ar النِّيجَر (country) · fr Niger (river) · yo Náíjà (country) · ia Niger (country) · kk Нигер (country) · mn Нигер (country) · uk Ні́гер (country) · ltg Nigereja (country) · pt Níger (country) · sh Нигер (river) · ja ニジェール (country) · ru Ни́гер (country) · dv ނީޖަރު (country) · pl Niger (country) · luo Naija (country) · bn নাইজার (country) · hy Նիգեր (country) · uk Ніґе́р (country) · ti ናይጀር (country) · lv Nigēra (country) · et Niger (country) · fa نیجِر (country) · uz Niger (country) · sk Niger (river) · nl Niger (river) · nb Niger (country) · ig Òrìmili (river) · el Νίγηρας (river) · ur نائجر (country) · gl Níxer (country) · be Ні́гер (country) · de Niger (river) · sv Niger (river) · eo Niĝerlando (country) · ast Níxer (country) · de Niger (country) · ko 니제르 (country) · he ניז׳ר (country) · yo Ọya (river) · sk Niger (country) · th ไนเจอร์ (country) · alt Нигер (river) · cs Niger (country) · is Nígerfljót (river) · ja ニジェール (river) · mk Нигер (river) · is Níger (country) · cmn 尼日爾 /尼日尔 (country) · kam Naija (country) · ki Naija (country) · nn Niger (country) · nup Èdù (river) · ga Poblacht na Nígire (country) · ga An Nígir (country) · nl Niger (country) · fr Niger (country) · it Niger (country)