Niger
English
editEtymology
editCommonly 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] 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.[3]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ or, for the country, also /niːˈʒɛə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK): (file) - (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
editNiger 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.
Meronyms
editHolonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Japanese: ナイジャ (Naija)
Translations
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See also
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
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 (2001–2025) “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
Further reading
editAnagrams
editAfrikaans
editProper noun
editNiger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria; capital: Niamey)
Derived terms
editCentral Huasteca Nahuatl
editProper noun
editNiger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Central Nahuatl
editProper noun
editNiger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Czech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editNiger m inan (relational 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)
Declension
editFurther reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from French Niger.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editNiger n
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Derived terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editNiger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Declension
editInflection 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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Derived terms
editFrench
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editNiger m
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Japanese: ニジェール (Nijēru)
See also
editGerman
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editder 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
editProper noun
editder 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)
Related terms
editSee also
edit- Nigerianer (“Nigerian, person from Nigeria”)
- nigerianisch
- 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
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editNiger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria; official name: Nigeri Köztársaság)
- Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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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 | — |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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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 | — |
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- Algéria
- Angola
- Benin
- Bissau-Guinea
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Comore-szigetek
- Csád
- Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
- Dél-Szudán
- Dzsibuti
- Egyenlítői-Guinea
- Egyiptom
- Elefántcsontpart
- Eritrea
- Etiópia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghána
- Guinea
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
- Kongói Köztársaság
- Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
- Lesotho
- Libéria
- Líbia
- Madagaszkár
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokkó
- Mauritánia
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namíbia
- Niger
- Nigéria
- Ruanda
- Seychelle-szigetek
- Sierra Leone
- São Tomé és Príncipe
- Szenegál
- Szomália
- Szudán
- Szváziföld
- Tanzánia
- Togo
- Tunézia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Zöld-foki Köztársaság
Italian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editNiger 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)
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom niger (“black, dark”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈni.ɡer/, [ˈnɪɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.d͡ʒer/, [ˈniːd͡ʒer]
Proper noun
editNiger m (genitive Nigrī); second declension
- A Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
- (Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger)[1]
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Niger | Nigrī |
genitive | Nigrī | Nigrōrum |
dative | Nigrō | Nigrīs |
accusative | Nigrum | Nigrōs |
ablative | Nigrō | Nigrīs |
vocative | Niger | Nigrī |
Proper noun
editNiger 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
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
---|---|
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
editProper noun
editNiger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editNiger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Related terms
editPolish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editNiger m inan (related adjective nigerski)
- 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
editDerived terms
editSee also
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
edit- Niger in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editNȉger 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)
Declension
editSwahili
editProper noun
editNiger
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
See also
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
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editNiger n (genitive Nigers)
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- Niger in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Anagrams
editWelsh
editProper noun
editNiger f (not mutable)
- Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
See also
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
References
edit- English terms derived from Tuareg
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Niger
- en:Countries in Africa
- en:Countries
- en:Rivers in Africa
- English terms with quotations
- en:Niger State, Nigeria
- en:States of Nigeria
- en:Places in Nigeria
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Niger
- af:Countries in Africa
- af:Countries
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns
- nch:Niger
- nch:Countries in Africa
- nch:Countries
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Niger
- nhn:Countries in Africa
- nhn:Countries
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Niger
- cs:Countries in Africa
- cs:Countries
- cs:Rivers in Africa
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Niger
- nl:Countries in Africa
- nl:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from French
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɡer
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɡer/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Niger
- fi:Countries in Africa
- fi:Countries
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Niger
- fr:Countries in Africa
- fr:Countries
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Niger
- de:Countries in Africa
- de:Countries
- de:Rivers in Africa
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛr
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛr/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Niger
- hu:Countries in Africa
- hu:Countries
- hu:Rivers in Africa
- Hungarian nouns with two ways to form the possessive
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/idʒer
- Rhymes:Italian/idʒer/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Niger
- it:Countries in Africa
- it:Countries
- it:Rivers in Africa
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- la:Rivers in Africa
- Latin terms with quotations
- Latin agnomina
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Niger
- nb:Countries in Africa
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Niger
- nn:Countries in Africa
- nn:Countries
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/iɡɛr
- Rhymes:Polish/iɡɛr/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Niger
- pl:Countries in Africa
- pl:Countries
- pl:Rivers in Africa
- Polish singularia tantum
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Niger
- sh:Countries in Africa
- sh:Countries
- sh:Rivers in Africa
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Niger
- sw:Countries in Africa
- sw:Countries
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Niger
- sv:Countries in Africa
- sv:Countries
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh non-mutable terms
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Niger
- cy:Countries in Africa
- cy:Countries