Nigerian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiən/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/
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 Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Nigerian From Nigeria + -an.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
One protester in the Nigerian capital told the national Channels Television that he was forced to join the Thursday protests due to hunger.
2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN:There was some languidness latent in the Nigerian atmosphere that made her forget the meaning of time passing.
2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 70:
Deriveds
Nigerian scam · Transnigerian · Nigerian time · Nigerian English · Niggerian · Nigerian prince · Nigerian Pidgin · Nigerianness
Relateds
Translations (30)
haw Naigeria (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · ru нигери́йский (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · af Nigeries (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · cmn 奈及利亞的 /奈及利亚的 (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · bg нигери́йски (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · it nigeriano (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · nb nigeriansk (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · kk нигериялық (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · pl nigeryjski (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · nl Nigeriaans (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · gl nixeriano (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · de nigerianisch (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · pt nigeriano (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · sw Kinigeria (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · ca nigerià (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · ro nigerian (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · ast nixerianu (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · hi नाइजीरियाई (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · cs nigerijský (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · fr nigérian (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · sv nigeriansk (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · es nigeriano (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · cmn 尼日利亞的 /尼日利亚的 (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · ga Nigéarach (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · nl Nigeriaanse (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · sh nigerijski (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · fi nigerialainen (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · nn nigeriansk (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · yo Nàìjíríà (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) · uk ніге́рійський (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)