Nigeria
English edit
Etymology edit
From Niger + -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹiə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒiːɹiə/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
- Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ria
- Rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Proper noun edit
Nigeria
- A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos.
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Translations edit
a country in Western Africa
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See also edit
- Abuja
- 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]
Further reading edit
- Nigeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nigeria on the Simple English Wikipedia.Wikipedia simple
Anagrams edit
Central Nahuatl edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Nigeria.
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Proper noun edit
Nigeria n
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Nigeria
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
Declension edit
Inflection of Nigeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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Derived terms edit
French edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Nigeria.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria m
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
- Synonym: République fédérale du Nigeria
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German edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria n (proper noun, genitive Nigerias or (optionally with an article) Nigeria)
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
- Synonym: Bundesrepubik Nigeria
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Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria f
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /niˈɡeː.ri.a/, [nɪˈɡeːriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒe.ri.a/, [niˈd͡ʒɛːriä]
Proper noun edit
Nigēria f sg (genitive Nigēriae); first declension
- (New Latin) Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Nigēria |
Genitive | Nigēriae |
Dative | Nigēriae |
Accusative | Nigēriam |
Ablative | Nigēriā |
Vocative | Nigēria |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria f
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
Declension edit
Declension of Nigeria
Derived terms edit
adjective
nouns
Further reading edit
- Nigeria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria f
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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Anagrams edit
Swahili edit
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Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun edit
Nigeria
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
Derived terms edit
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
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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