Nigeria

See also: Nigéria, Nígería, Nigèria, and nigerià

English

Flag of Nigeria

Nigeria on a globe

Etymology

Etymology tree

Tuareg n'igherren?

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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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒiːɹiə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
• Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ria
• Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper noun

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], archived from the original on 17 April 2022, 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

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Naija
• Nigerian
• (offensive) Niggeria
• Nollywood

Descendants

• → Japanese: ナイジェリア (Naijeria)

Translations

a country in Western Africa

• Afrikaans: Nigerië
• Akan: Alata man
• Albanian: Nigeri (sq) f
• Amharic: ናይጄሪያ (nayǧeriya)
• Antillean Creole: Nijérya m
• Arabic: نِيجِيرِيَا f (nījēriyā), نِيجِيرِيَا f (nīgīriyā), نِيجِيرِيَا f (nījīriyā), نَايْجِيرِيَا f (nayjīriyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: نايجيريا

  Hijazi Arabic: نِيجِيرْيَا f (nījīrya)

• Aragonese: Nicheria f
• Armenian: Նիգերիա (Nigeria)
• Asturian: Nixeria (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Nigeriya (az)
• Balinese: Nigeria
• Belarusian: Ніге́рыя f (Nihjéryja)
• Bengali: নাইজেরিয়া (bn) (naijeriẏa)
• Betawi: Nigéria
• Breton: Nigeria
• Bulgarian: Ниге́рия f (Nigérija)
• Burmese: နိုင်ဂျီးရီးယား (nuinggyi:ri:ya:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ніґе́рія f (Nigérija)
• Catalan: Nigèria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼日利亞 / 尼日利亚 (zh) (Nírìlìyà), 奈及利亞 / 奈及利亚 (zh) (Nàijílìyà) (Taiwan)

• Corsican: Nigeria f, Nighjeria f
• Czech: Nigérie (cs) f
• Danish: Nigeria (da)
• Dhivehi: ނައިޖީރިއާ (naijīriā)
• Dutch: Nigeria (nl) n
• Esperanto: Nigerio, Niĝerio (eo)
• Estonian: Nigeeria (et)
• Farefare: Naiziria
• Finnish: Nigeria (fi)
• French: Nigeria (fr) m, Nigéria (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Nigearia n

• Fula: please add this translation if you can
• Galician: Nixeria (gl) f
• Georgian: ნიგერია (ka) (nigeria)
• German: Nigeria (de) n, Nigerien n
• Greek: Νιγηρία (el) f (Nigiría)
• Haitian Creole: Nijerya
• Hausa: Nijeriya, Najeriya
• Hawaiian: Naigeria
• Hebrew: נִיגֶרְיָה (he) f (nigerya)
• Hindi: नाइजीरिया (hi) (nāijīriyā)
• Hungarian: Nigéria (hu)
• Ibibio: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: Nígería (is) f
• Igbo: Naigeria, Naìjíríyà
• Indonesian: Nigeria (id)
• Interlingua: Nigeria
• Irish: An Nigéir f
• Italian: Nigeria (it) f
• Izon: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ナイジェリア (ja) (Naijeria)
• Javanese: Nigéria
• Kalenjin: Nijeria
• Kamba: Nijeria
• Kannada: ನೈಜೀರಿಯ (kn) (naijīriya)
• Kazakh: Нигерия (kk) (Nıygerıya)
• Khmer: នីហ្សេរីយ៉ា (km) (niizeeriiyaa)
• Kikuyu: Nigeria
• Korean: 나이지리아 (ko) (Naijiria), 나이제리아 (ko) (Naijeria) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Нигерия (ky) (Nigeriya)
• Lao: ໄນຈີເລຍ (nai chī līa)
• Latin: Nigēria f
• Latvian: Nigērija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Nigerija (lt) f
• Luhya: Nigeria
• Luo: Nigeria
• Macedonian: Ниге́рија (mk) f (Nigérija)
• Malay: Nigeria (ms)
• Malayalam: നൈജീരിയ (naijīriya)
• Maltese: in-Niġerja
• Māori: Ngāitiria
• Meru: Nigeria
• Mongolian: Нигери (Nigeri)
• Norman: Nigérie f
• Norwegian: Nigeria (no)
• Occitan: Nigèria f
• Pannonian Rusyn: Ниґерия f (Nigerija)
• Pashto: نايجېريا f (nāyǰeryã)
• Persian: نیجریه (nijeriye)
• Polish: Nigeria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Nigéria (pt) f
• Romanian: Nigeria (ro) f
• Russian: Ниге́рия (ru) f (Nigérija)
• Sardinian: Nigèria f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нѝге̄рија f

  Latin: Nìgērija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Nigeria f, Nigiria f
• Sinhalese: නයිජීරියාව (nayijīriyāwa)
• Slovak: Nigéria (sk) f
• Slovene: Nigerija (sl) f
• Spanish: Nigeria (es) f
• Sundanese: Nigéria
• Swahili: Nigeria (sw)
• Swedish: Nigeria (sv) n
• Tagalog: Niherya
• Tajik: Ниҷерия (Nijeriya)
• Tamil: நைஜீரியா (naijīriyā)
• Tatar: Нигерия (Nigeriyä)
• Telugu: నైజీరియా (te) (naijīriyā)
• Thai: ไนจีเรีย (th) (nai-jii-riia)
• Tibetan: ནི་ཇི་རི་ཡ (ni ji ri ya)
• Tigrinya: ናይጂሪያ (nayǧiriya)
• Turkish: Nijerya (tr)
• Turkmen: Nigeriýa
• Ukrainian: Ніге́рія (uk) f (Nihérija), Ніґе́рія f (Nigérija)
• Urdu: نائجیریا (nā'ijīriyā), نائیجیریا m (nāejeryā)
• Uyghur: نىگېرىيە (nigëriye)
• Uzbek: Nigeriya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ni-giê-ri-a
• Walloon: Nidjeria m
• West Flemish: Nigeria n
• Yiddish: ניגעריע (nigerye)
• Yoruba: Nàìjíríà

See also

• Abuja
• Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• 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

Further reading

• Nigeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nigeria on the Simple English Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^simple

Anagrams

• Igraine

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nigeria.

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Derived terms

• nigerianer
• nigeriansk

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈɣeː.ri.aː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

Nigeria n

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

Derived terms

• Nigeriaan
• Nigeriaans

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Declension

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

• nigerialainen

French

Alternative forms

• Nigéria m (less common)
• Nigérie f (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.ʒe.ʁja/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France):

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Proper noun

Nigeria m

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

   Synonym: République fédérale du Nigeria

Derived terms

• Nigérian, Nigériane
• nigérian, nigériane

See also

• Nigérien, Nigérienne
• nigérien, nigérienne

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈɡeːʁia/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

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

• Nigerianer
• nigerianisch

See also

• Niger
• Nigrer
• nigrisch

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /niɡəˈria/ [ni.ɡəˈri.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Noun

Nigeria (plural Nigeria-Nigeria or para Nigeria)

1. Nigerian

Adjective

Nigeria (comparative lebih Nigeria, superlative paling Nigeria)

1. Nigerian

See also

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

• Afrika Selatan
• Aljazair
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cad
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Khatulistiwa
• Guinea-Bissau
• Jibuti
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Komoro
• Lesoto
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mesir
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pantai Gading
• Republik Afrika Tengah
• Republik Demokratik Kongo
• Republik Kongo
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome dan Principe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Selatan
• Tanjung Verde
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• “Nigeria”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nigeria f

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

Derived terms

• nigeriano

Anagrams

• Garinei

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nɪˈɡeː.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [niˈd͡ʒɛː.ri.a]

Proper noun

Nigēria f sg (genitive Nigēriae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˌniɡəˈria/ [ˌni.ɡəˈri.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
• (Kuala Lumpur-Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˌniɡəˈriə/ [ˌni.ɡəˈri.ə]
  • Rhymes: -ə
• (Kedah) IPA^(key): /ˌniɡəˈria/ [ˌni.ɡəˈʁi.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Nigeria (Jawi spelling نيجيريا)

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

Noun

Nigeria (Jawi spelling نيجيريا, plural Nigeria-Nigeria or para Nigeria)

1. Nigerian

Adjective

Nigeria (Jawi spelling نيجيريا, comparative lebih Nigeria, superlative paling Nigeria)

1. Nigerian

Norwegian Bokmål

Nigerias flagg

Nigeria i Afrika.

The skyline of Lagos, Nigeria's largest city.

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria. The English name was formed from Niger (“Niger River”) and the placename-forming suffix -ia. Shaw proposed the name for the territories under British influence around the Niger River; it was subsequently applied to the British colony and, after independence in 1960, to the modern country.

The river name Niger is of uncertain origin. Store norske leksikon derives it from Tuareg Tuareg n'igherren (“flowing water; river”). Other etymologies have also been proposed, and the modern European spelling was probably influenced by Latin niger (“black”) rather than being derived from the Latin adjective.

The English suffix -ia (“placename-forming suffix”) is from Latin Latin -ia and Ancient Greek Ancient Greek -ία (-ía, “noun-forming suffix”) and -εια (-eia). Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂.

Parallel international adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk Nigeria, Danish Nigeria, Swedish Nigeria, German Nigeria, Dutch Nigeria and English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹nɪˈɡeː.rɪ.a/, [nɪˈɡèː.rɪ.a]
• Rhymes: -eːrɪa
• Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Nigeria

1. Nigeria; a country in West Africa, Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea, with Abuja as its capital.

   Nigeria har et stort språklig og kulturelt mangfold. ― Nigeria has great linguistic and cultural diversity.

   • 2026 June 25, Camilla Houeland, “Nigeria”, in Store norske leksikon‎^[3]:

     Nigeria er en republikk som ligger innerst i Guineabukta i Vest-Afrika.

     Nigeria is a republic situated at the innermost part of the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa.

Usage notes

• The official Norwegian Bokmål long-form name is Forbundsrepublikken Nigeria (“the Federal Republic of Nigeria”).

Derived terms

• nigeriabrev (“Nigerian scam letter, advance-fee scam letter”)
• nigerianer (“a Nigerian”)
• nigeriansk (“Nigerian”)

See also

countries in Africa: land i Afrika (appendix)edit

• Algerie
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Den demokratiske republikken Kongo
• Den sentralafrikanske republikk
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Ekvatorial-Guinea
• Elfenbenskysten
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kapp Verde
• Kenya
• Komorene
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republikken Kongo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé og Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychellene
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sør-Afrika
• Sør-Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tsjad
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

References

• “Nigeria” in Store norske leksikon.
• C. K. Meek, “The Niger and the Classics: the History of a Name”, The Journal of African History, volume 1, issue 1, 1960, pages 1–17.
• “Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med”, Utenriksdepartementet.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Related terms

• nigerianar
• nigeriansk

Polish

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 Nigeriabor.

Polish Nigeria

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲiˈɡɛ.rja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

Nigeria f (related adjective nigeryjski)

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

Declension

Declension of Nigeria

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

Derived terms

• Nigeryjczyk
• Nigeryjka

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• “Nigeria”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Romanian

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 Nigeriabor.

Romanian Nigeria

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nigeria f

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

Declension

	singular
	definite
nominative-accusative	Nigeria
genitive-dative	Nigeriei

Spanish

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 Nigeriabor.

Spanish Nigeria

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈxeɾja/ [niˈxe.ɾja]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾja
• Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

Nigeria f

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

Derived terms

• nigeriano

Anagrams

• ingiera
• ingería

Swahili

Alternative forms

• Nijeria, Naijeria

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 Nigeriabor.

Swahili Nigeria

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Derived terms

• Mnigeria

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪˈɡeːrɪa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)

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

Related terms

• nigerian
• nigeriansk
• nigerianska

See also

countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

• Algeriet
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Centralafrikanska republiken
• Demokratiska republiken Kongo
• Djibouti
• Egypten
• Ekvatorialguinea
• Elfenbenskusten
• Eritrea
• Etiopien
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenya
• Komorerna
• Kongo-Brazzaville
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marocko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Moçambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• São Tomé och Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychellerna
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Sydafrika
• Sydsudan
• Tanzania
• Tchad
• Togo
• Tunisien
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

References

• “Nigeria”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Proper noun

Nigeria f (not mutable)

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

Related terms

• Nigeraidd (“Nigerian”, adjective)
• Nigeriad (“Nigerian”, noun)

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• De Swdan
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gini
• Gini Bisaw
• Gini Gyhydeddol
• Gorllewin Sahara
• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
• Gweriniaeth y Congo
• Jibwti
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagasgar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mawrisiws
• Mawritania
• Moroco
• Mosambic
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Nigeria”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[5], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN