Nigeria
English
Etymology
From Niger + -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪə.ɹɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹ.i.ə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒiː.ɹi.ə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
- Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ria
- Rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Proper noun
Nigeria
- A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos.
Hypernyms
Translations
a country in Western Africa
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See also
- 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
- Nigeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nigeria on the Simple English Wikipedia.Wikipedia simple
Anagrams
Central Nahuatl
Danish
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈniɡeriɑ/, [ˈniɡe̞ˌriɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ni‧ge‧ri‧a
Declension
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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.ʒe.ʁja/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Nigeria m
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
- Synonym: République fédérale du Nigeria
See also
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niˈɡeːʁia/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
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
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒɛ.rja/
- Rhymes: -ɛrja
- Hyphenation: Ni‧gè‧ria
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niˈɡeː.ri.a/, [nɪˈɡeːriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒe.ri.a/, [niˈd͡ʒɛːriä]
Proper noun
Nigēria f sg (genitive Nigēriae); first declension
- (New Latin) Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
Norwegian Bokmål
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲiˈɡɛ.rja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrja
- Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria
Declension
Further reading
- Nigeria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niˈxeɾja/ [niˈxe.ɾja]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eɾja
- Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria
Derived terms
Swahili
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Derived terms
See also
- (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪˈɡeːrɪa/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)
- Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
Related terms
- nigerian
- nigeriansk
- nigerianska
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