Nigeria

See also: Nigéria, Nígería, Nigèria, and nigerià

English

Nigeria

Etymology

From Niger +‎ -ia, 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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• 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.
   • 2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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

• Nigerian
• Niggeria (offensive)
• 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)
• Belarusian: Ніге́рыя f (Nihjéryja)
• Bengali: নাইজেরিয়া (bn) (naijeriẏa)
• 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
• 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)
• Kalenjin: Nijeria
• Kamba: Nijeria
• Kazakh: Нигерия (kk) (Nigeriä)
• 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
• Maori: Ngāitiria
• Meru: Nigeria
• Mongolian: Нигери (Nigeri)
• Norman: Nigérie f
• Norwegian: Nigeria (no)
• Occitan: Nigèria f
• 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

  Roman: Nìgērija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Nigeria f, Nigiria f
• Sinhalese: නයිජීරියාව (nayijīriyāwa)
• Slovak: Nigéria (sk) f
• Slovene: Nigerija (sl) f
• Spanish: Nigeria (es) f
• Swahili: Nigeria (sw)
• Swedish: Nigeria (sv) n
• Tagalog: Niheriya
• Tajik: Ниҷерия (Nijeriya)
• Tamil: நைஜீரியா (naijīriyā)
• Tatar: Нигерия (Nigeriyä)
• 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)
• Uyghur: نىگېرىيە (nigëriye)
• Uzbek: Nigeriya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ni-giê-ri-a
• Walloon: Nidjeria m
• West Flemish: Nigeria n
• West Frisian: Nigearia 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

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Danish

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

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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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈɡeːʁia/

• Audio:

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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

Italian

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.ä]

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Related terms

• nigerianer
• nigeriansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Related terms

• nigerianar
• nigeriansk

Polish

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈxeɾja/ [niˈxe.ɾja]

• Audio:

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• 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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪˈɡeːrɪa/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)

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

Related terms

• nigerian
• nigeriansk
• nigerianska

References

• Nigeria in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Welsh

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

References

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN