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Nigeria

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See also: Nigéria, Nígería, Nigèria, and nigerià

English

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Nigeria

Etymology

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From Niger +‎ -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria

  2. A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos.

Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: ナイジェリア (Naijeria)

Translations

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See also

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countries in Africa (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Nigeria

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

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

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Nigeria

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

Derived terms

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria n

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

Derived terms

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Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈniɡeriɑ/, [ˈniɡe̞ˌriɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

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Nigeria

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

Declension

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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

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French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria m

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
    Synonym: République fédérale du Nigeria

Derived terms

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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See also

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countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒɛ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧gè‧ria

Proper noun

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Nigeria f

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

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia la

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigēria f sg (genitive Nigēriae); first declension

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

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Nigēria
genitive Nigēriae
dative Nigēriae
accusative Nigēriam
ablative Nigēriā
vocative Nigēria

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Proper noun

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Nigeria

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Nigeria

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

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɲiˈɡɛ.rja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

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Nigeria f (related adjective nigeryjski)

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

Declension

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Declension of Nigeria
singular
nominative Nigeria
genitive Nigerii
dative Nigerii
accusative Nigerię
instrumental Nigerią
locative Nigerii
vocative Nigerio

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

Further reading

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  • Nigeria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /niˈxeɾja/ [niˈxe.ɾja]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾja
  • Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

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Nigeria f

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

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria

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

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)

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

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Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Proper noun

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Nigeria f (not mutable)

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

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countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

References

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  • Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
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