Nigerian

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Nigerian

  • /naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/
  • /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiən/

Rhymes with -ɪəɹiən, -ɪɹiən

noun Nigerians

  1. A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent. For the same reasons that many Nigerians troop to churches in recent times, many also seek spiritual intervention through African traditional religions.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture. There was some languidness latent in the Nigerian atmosphere that made her forget the meaning of time passing.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nigerien, nigeria, niger, ibo, nan, ebo, naija, nigerois, namibian, ghanaian, gambian, nicaraguan, senegalese, nigritian, kenyan, south african

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noun person

Españolnigeriano
한국어나이지리아인 naijiriain, 나이지리아 사람 naijiria saram
日本語ナイジェリア人 Naijeria-jin
हिन्दीनाइजीरियाई nāijīriyāī
KiswahiliMnigeria
Portuguêsnigeriano
FrançaisNigérian, Nigériane
DeutschNigerianer, Nigerianerin
Italianonigeriano
Românănigerian, nigeriană
Русскийнигери́ец nigeríjec, нигери́йка nigeríjka

adj of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture

Españolnigeriano
हिन्दीनाइजीरियाई nāijīriyāī
KiswahiliKinigeria
Portuguêsnigeriano
Françaisnigérian
Deutschnigerianisch
Italianonigeriano
Românănigerian
Русскийнигери́йский nigeríjskij

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@misc{nigerian_2026,
  title = {Nigerian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nigerian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}