Niger
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).[1][2]
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.[3]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ or, for the country, also /niːˈʒɛə(ɹ)/
- (General American) enPR: nīʹjər, IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ or, for the country, also enPR: nēzhârʹ, /niːˈʒɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪd͡ʒə(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ)
Proper noun edit
Niger or the Niger
- A country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of the Niger.
- A major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.
- 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 290:
- From here we can see the River Niger in the distance running across town, a long gleaming diamond in the horizon.
- A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Minna.
Hypernyms edit
Meronyms edit
- (regions of Niger) region of Niger; Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey, Tahoua, Tillabéri, Zinder,
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See also edit
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, 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 (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
References edit
- ^ C. K. Meek, The Niger and the Classics: The History of a Name. The Journal of African History. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1960), pp. 1-17
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “Niger”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ compare: The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of useful Knowledge, vol. 16 (Murillo—Organ), 1840, NIGER, or rather NIGIR
- ^ How Do You Pronounce "Niger"? by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com
- ^ So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times
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Afrikaans edit
Proper noun edit
Niger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria; capital: Niamey)
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit
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Niger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Central Nahuatl edit
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Niger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Czech edit
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Niger m inan (related adjective nigerský, demonym Nigeřan)
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
- Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from French Niger.
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Niger n
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
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Finnish edit
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Niger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Declension edit
Inflection of Niger (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Niger | — | ||
genitive | Nigerin | — | ||
partitive | Nigeriä | — | ||
illative | Nigeriin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Niger | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Niger | — | |
gen. | Nigerin | |||
genitive | Nigerin | — | ||
partitive | Nigeriä | — | ||
inessive | Nigerissä | — | ||
elative | Nigeristä | — | ||
illative | Nigeriin | — | ||
adessive | Nigerillä | — | ||
ablative | Nigeriltä | — | ||
allative | Nigerille | — | ||
essive | Nigerinä | — | ||
translative | Nigeriksi | — | ||
abessive | Nigerittä | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French edit
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Niger m
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
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German edit
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der Niger m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Niger or des Nigers) or
Niger n (proper noun, genitive Nigers or (optionally with an article) Niger)
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
- Synonyms: Republik Niger, (obsolete) Nigerien n
Derived terms edit
Proper noun edit
der Niger m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Niger or des Nigers)
- Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
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- Nigerianer (“Nigerian, person from Nigeria”)
- nigerianisch
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Niger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
- Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Niger | — |
accusative | Nigert | — |
dative | Nigernek | — |
instrumental | Nigerrel | — |
causal-final | Nigerért | — |
translative | Nigerré | — |
terminative | Nigerig | — |
essive-formal | Nigerként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Nigerben | — |
superessive | Nigeren | — |
adessive | Nigernél | — |
illative | Nigerbe | — |
sublative | Nigerre | — |
allative | Nigerhez | — |
elative | Nigerből | — |
delative | Nigerről | — |
ablative | Nigertől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Nigeré | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Nigeréi | — |
Possessive forms of Niger | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Nigerem | — |
2nd person sing. | Nigered | — |
3rd person sing. | Nigere, Nigerje | — |
1st person plural | Nigerünk | — |
2nd person plural | Nigeretek | — |
3rd person plural | Nigerük, Nigerjük | — |
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Italian edit
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Niger m
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
- Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From niger (“black, dark”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.ɡer/, [ˈnɪɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.d͡ʒer/, [ˈniːd͡ʒer]
Proper noun edit
Niger m (genitive Nigrī); second declension
- A Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
- (Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger)[1]
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Niger | Nigrī |
Genitive | Nigrī | Nigrōrum |
Dative | Nigrō | Nigrīs |
Accusative | Nigrum | Nigrōs |
Ablative | Nigrō | Nigrīs |
Vocative | Niger | Nigrī |
Proper noun edit
Niger m sg (genitive Nigris); third declension
- Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
- 1534, Joachim Vadianus, Epitome trium terrae partium Asiae, Africae et Europae compendiariam...:
- Efficit autem hoc suo flexu, ut etiam ultra Athlantem Africa ad usque Nigrim fluuium excurrat, Plinio & Ptolemaeo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Niger |
Genitive | Nigris |
Dative | Nigrī |
Accusative | Nigrim |
Ablative | Nigre |
Vocative | Niger |
References edit
- “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading edit
- “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Niger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Niger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Niger m
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
- Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
Declension edit
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Further reading edit
- Niger in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
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Nȉger m (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏гер)
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
- Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
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Swahili edit
Proper noun edit
Niger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
See also edit
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish edit
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Niger n (genitive Nigers)
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)