Etymology
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Nigeria + -an
Pronunciation
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Nigerian (plural Nigerians)
- A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
Usage notes
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- Nigerian is distinguished from Nigerien, which denotes a person from Niger.
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person
- Afrikaans: Nigeriër
- Akan: Alata
- Bulgarian: нигериец (bg) m (nigeriec)
- Catalan: nigerià (ca)
- Czech: Nigerijec (cs) m
- Dutch: Nigeriaan (nl) m, Nigeriaanse (nl) f
- Esperanto: niĝeriano (man or woman), niĝerianino (woman)
- Finnish: nigerialainen (fi)
- French: Nigérian (fr) m, Nigériane (fr) f
- Galician: nixeriano (gl) m
- German: Nigerianer (de) m, Nigerianerin (de) f
- Hawaiian: Naigeria
- Irish: Nigéarach m
- Italian: nigeriano (it)
- Japanese: ナイジェリア人 (Naijeria-jin)
- Lithuanian: nigerietis (lt) m, nigerietė (lt) f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nigerianer m
- Nynorsk: nigerian (nn) m, nigerianar (nn) m
- Nupe: Nàjéríyàci
- Polish: Nigeryjczyk (pl) m, Nigeryjka (pl) f
- Portuguese: nigeriano (pt) m
- Romanian: nigerian (ro) m, nigeriană (ro) f
- Russian: нигери́ец (ru) m (nigeríjec), нигери́йка (ru) f (nigeríjka)
- Serbo-Croatian: Nigerijac (sh) m, Nigerijka f
- Spanish: nigeriano (es) m
- Swahili: Mnigeria
- Turkish: Nijeryalı (tr)
- Yoruba: ọmọ Nàìjíríà
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Adjective
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Nigerian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
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Translations
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of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
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