Nigeria
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Nigeria (“country by the Niger River”). For further information, see the etymology of Niger.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /naɪˈdʒɪə.ɹɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /naɪˈdʒɪɹ.i.ə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /naɪˈdʒiː.ɹi.ə/
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Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
- Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ria
Proper noun
Nigeria
- Country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
a country in Western Africa
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See also
- Abuja
- Countries of the world
Further reading
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Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Nigeria
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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Nigeriatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.ʒɛ.ʁja/
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Audio (file)
Proper noun
Nigeria
German
Pronunciation
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Audio (file)
Proper noun
Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)
Derived terms
Italian
Proper noun
Nigeria f
Related terms
Latin
Proper noun
Nigeria f (genitive Nigeriae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Nigeria |
| genitive | Nigeriae |
| dative | Nigeriae |
| accusative | Nigeriam |
| ablative | Nigeriā |
| vocative | Nigeria |
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Nigeria
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Nigeria
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲiˈɡɛrʲ.ja/
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Audio (file)
Proper noun
Nigeria f
Declension
Derived terms
- Nigeryjczyk m, Nigeryjka f
- adjective: nigeryjski
Spanish
Proper noun
Nigeria f
Swedish
Proper noun
Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)
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