Nigeria

English

Nigeria

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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ria
  • Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Danish

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria n

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

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniɡeriɑ/, [ˈniɡe̞ˌriɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ni‧ge‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

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
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

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.ʒe.ʁja/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria m

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

Derived terms

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈɡeːʁia/
  • (file)

Proper noun

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

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nigeria f

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nigēria f sg (genitive Nigēriae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nigēria
Genitive Nigēriae
Dative Nigēriae
Accusative Nigēriam
Ablative Nigēriā
Vocative Nigēria

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nigeria f

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

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • Nigeryjczyk
  • Nigeryjka

Further reading

  • Nigeria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nigeria f

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

Swahili

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria

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

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪˈɡeːrɪa/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)

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