Nigeria en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (UK) audio
- /naɪˈd͡ʒiːɹiə/ (Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiə/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Tuareg n'igherren? ▲ Latin nigerinflu. French Nigerbor. English Niger Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Nigeria From Niger + -ia (“place”), coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.
Meanings
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A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).
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.
2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN: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.
2007 February 5, Roger Blench, “The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities”, in rogerblench.info, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2022, page 1:
Deriveds
Niggeria · Naija · Nigerian · Nollywood
Descendants
Hypernyms
Relateds
Abuja · Countries of the world
Translations (126)
vi Ni-giê-ri-a (a country in Western Africa) · sq Nigeri (a country in Western Africa) · fa نیجریه (a country in Western Africa) · km នីហ្សេរីយ៉ា (a country in Western Africa) · luy Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · wa Nidjeria (a country in Western Africa) · mt in-Niġerja (a country in Western Africa) · sl Nigerija (a country in Western Africa) · gur Naiziria (a country in Western Africa) · it Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · jv Nigéria (a country in Western Africa) · ki Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · bew Nigéria (a country in Western Africa) · id Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · co Nighjeria (a country in Western Africa) · ta நைஜீரியா (a country in Western Africa) · tt Нигерия (a country in Western Africa) · ht Nijerya (a country in Western Africa) · sh Nìgērija (a country in Western Africa) · ar نِيجِيرِيَا (a country in Western Africa) · nrf Nigérie (a country in Western Africa) · sv Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · cmn 尼日利亞 /尼日利亚 (a country in Western Africa) · bg Ниге́рия (a country in Western Africa) · de Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · uk Ніге́рія (a country in Western Africa) · su Nigéria (a country in Western Africa) · ps نايجېريا (a country in Western Africa) · ru Ниге́рия (a country in Western Africa) · mn Нигери (a country in Western Africa) · es Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · ia Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · si නයිජීරියාව (a country in Western Africa) · ak Alata man (a country in Western Africa) · fi Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · rsk Ниґерия (a country in Western Africa) · no Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · ti ናይጂሪያ (a country in Western Africa) · te నైజీరియా (a country in Western Africa) · ms Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · cmn 奈及利亞 /奈及利亚 (a country in Western Africa) · uz Nigeriya (a country in Western Africa) · da Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · lo ໄນຈີເລຍ (a country in Western Africa) · acw نِيجِيرْيَا (a country in Western Africa) · yo Nàìjíríà (a country in Western Africa) · ha Nijeriya (a country in Western Africa) · ko 나이제리아 (a country in Western Africa) · ka ნიგერია (a country in Western Africa) · oc Nigèria (a country in Western Africa) · pt Nigéria (a country in Western Africa) · sk Nigéria (a country in Western Africa) · lv Nigērija (a country in Western Africa) · ban Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · bn নাইজেরিয়া (a country in Western Africa) · scn Nigiria (a country in Western Africa) · hi नाइजीरिया (a country in Western Africa) · scn Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · tl Niherya (a country in Western Africa) · rue Ніґе́рія (a country in Western Africa) · ro Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · nl Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · ur نائجیریا (a country in Western Africa) · sh Нѝге̄рија (a country in Western Africa) · pl Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · be Ніге́рыя (a country in Western Africa) · sc Nigèria (a country in Western Africa) · ug نىگېرىيە (a country in Western Africa) · tk Nigeriýa (a country in Western Africa) · ky Нигерия (a country in Western Africa) · am ናይጄሪያ (a country in Western Africa) · gcf Nijérya (a country in Western Africa) · ko 나이지리아 (a country in Western Africa) · sw Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · kln Nijeria (a country in Western Africa) · co Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · haw Naigeria (a country in Western Africa) · th ไนจีเรีย (a country in Western Africa) · ar نِيجِيرِيَا (a country in Western Africa) · de Nigerien (a country in Western Africa) · ig Naìjíríyà (a country in Western Africa) · vls Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · el Νιγηρία (a country in Western Africa) · ast Nixeria (a country in Western Africa) · mer Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · bo ནི་ཇི་རི་ཡ (a country in Western Africa) · eo Niĝerio (a country in Western Africa) · dv ނައިޖީރިއާ (a country in Western Africa) · eo Nigerio (a country in Western Africa) · kam Nijeria (a country in Western Africa) · ha Najeriya (a country in Western Africa) · yi ניגעריע (a country in Western Africa) · he נִיגֶרְיָה (a country in Western Africa) · kk Нигерия (a country in Western Africa) · arz نايجيريا (a country in Western Africa) · ig Naigeria (a country in Western Africa) · lt Nigerija (a country in Western Africa) · kn ನೈಜೀರಿಯ (a country in Western Africa) · fr Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · ar نِيجِيرِيَا (a country in Western Africa) · hu Nigéria (a country in Western Africa) · ga An Nigéir (a country in Western Africa) · br Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · ml നൈജീരിയ (a country in Western Africa) · hy Նիգերիա (a country in Western Africa) · tg Ниҷерия (a country in Western Africa) · tr Nijerya (a country in Western Africa) · fr Nigéria (a country in Western Africa) · ur نائیجیریا (a country in Western Africa) · mk Ниге́рија (a country in Western Africa) · luo Nigeria (a country in Western Africa) · af Nigerië (a country in Western Africa) · my နိုင်ဂျီးရီးယား (a country in Western Africa) · uk Ніґе́рія (a country in Western Africa) · gl Nixeria (a country in Western Africa) · cs Nigérie (a country in Western Africa) · ar نَايْجِيرِيَا (a country in Western Africa) · ja ナイジェリア (a country in Western Africa) · et Nigeeria (a country in Western Africa) · az Nigeriya (a country in Western Africa) · ca Nigèria (a country in Western Africa) · fy Nigearia (a country in Western Africa) · mi Ngāitiria (a country in Western Africa) · an Nicheria (a country in Western Africa) · is Nígería (a country in Western Africa) · la Nigēria (a country in Western Africa)