Nigeria

Nigéria Nígería Nigèria nigerià English thumb|240px|Flag of Nigeria thumb|right|Nigeria on a globe Etymology en :af Niger -ia<t:place><id:place> + 1 1, en Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard Flora Shaw 1897 British journalist 1 1. Pronunciation en /naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə/ RP en /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiə/ GA en /naɪˈd͡ʒiːɹiə/ Scotland en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Nigeria.wav UK en En-us-Nigeria.ogg US en ɪəɹiə 4 en Ni ge ria en ɪɹiə 4 Proper noun en Q1033en country r/West Africa south of the country of Niger Federal Republic of Nigeria Abuja Lagos. Currency: naira (₦). en Roger Blench The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities https://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/VN/Ayere/Ayere%20wordlist%20paper.pdf 2007-02-05 1 rogerblench.info This is an annotated wordlist of the Ayere language, spoken in Ayere village in Kwara State, Nigeria. The wordlist was written by Mr. E.O. Olumorin for the West African Languages Survey in November 1961. 21 October 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20220417191122/https://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/VN/Ayere/Ayere%20wordlist%20paper.pdf 17 April 2022 en Eoin McSweeney As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/africa/nigeria-national-identification-numbers-covid-intl/index.html 2021-02-10 Doctors in Nigeria have criticized a mass national identification registration policy, involving tens of millions of citizens, as Covid-19 cases and deaths rise in the country. https://web.archive.org/web/20260927073331/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/africa/nigeria-national-identification-numbers-covid-intl/index.html 27 September 2026 Hypernyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Naija Nigerian Niggeria<q:offensive> Nollywood Descendants ja 1 ナイジェリア Naijeria Translations Q1033 a country in Western Africa Afrikaans: af Nigerië Akan: ak Alata man Albanian: sq Nigeri f Amharic: am ናይጄሪያ Antillean Creole: gcf Nijérya m Arabic: ar نِيجِيرِيَا f nījēriyā, ar نِيجِيرِيَا f nīgīriyā, ar نِيجِيرِيَا f, ar نَايْجِيرِيَا f nayjīriyā Egyptian Arabic: arz نايجيريا Hijazi Arabic: acw نِيجِيرْيَا f nījīrya Aragonese: an Nicheria f Armenian: hy Նիգերիա Asturian: ast Nixeria f Azerbaijani: az Nigeriya Balinese: ban Nigeria Belarusian: be Ніге́рыя f Bengali: bn নাইজেরিয়া Betawi: bew Nigéria Breton: br Nigeria Bulgarian: bg Ниге́рия f Burmese: my နိုင်ဂျီးရီးယား Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ніґе́рія f Catalan: ca Nigèria f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 尼日利亞 Nírìlìyà, cmn 奈及利亞 Nàijílìyà Taiwan Corsican: co Nigeria f, co Nighjeria f Czech: cs Nigérie f Danish: da Nigeria Dhivehi: dv ނައިޖީރިއާ Dutch: nl Nigeria n Esperanto: eo Nigerio, eo Niĝerio Estonian: et Nigeeria Farefare: gur Naiziria Finnish: fi Nigeria French: fr Nigeria m, fr Nigéria m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Nigearia n Fula: ff Galician: gl Nixeria f Georgian: ka ნიგერია German: de Nigeria n, de Nigerien n Greek: el Νιγηρία f Haitian Creole: ht Nijerya Hausa: ha Nijeriya, ha Najeriya Hawaiian: haw Naigeria Hebrew: he נִיגֶרְיָה f nigerya Hindi: hi नाइजीरिया Hungarian: hu Nigéria Ibibio: ibb Icelandic: is Nígería f Igbo: ig Naigeria, ig Naìjíríyà Indonesian: id Nigeria Interlingua: ia Nigeria Irish: ga Nigéir f An Nigéir Italian: it Nigeria f Izon: ijc Japanese: ja ナイジェリア Naijeria Javanese: jv Nigéria Kalenjin: kln Nijeria Kamba: kam Nijeria Kannada: kn ನೈಜೀರಿಯ Kazakh: kk Нигерия Khmer: km នីហ្សេរីយ៉ា Kikuyu: ki Nigeria Korean: ko ^나이지리아, ko ^나이제리아 North Korea Kyrgyz: ky Нигерия Lao: lo ໄນຈີເລຍ Latin: la Nigēria f Latvian: lv Nigērija f Lithuanian: lt Nigerija f Luhya: luy Nigeria Luo: luo Nigeria Macedonian: mk Ниге́рија f Malay: ms Nigeria Malayalam: ml നൈജീരിയ Maltese: in-mt Niġerja Māori: mi Ngāitiria Meru: mer Nigeria Mongolian: mn Нигери Norman: nrf Nigérie f Norwegian: no Nigeria Occitan: oc Nigèria f Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Ниґерия f Pashto: ps نايجېريا f nāyǰeryã Persian: fa نیجریه nijeriye Polish: pl Nigeria f Portuguese: pt Nigéria f Romanian: ro Nigeria f Russian: ru Ниге́рия f Sardinian: sc Nigèria f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Нѝге̄рија f Latin: sh Nìgērija f Sicilian: scn Nigeria f, scn Nigiria f Sinhalese: si නයිජීරියාව Slovak: sk Nigéria f Slovene: sl Nigerija f Spanish: es Nigeria f Sundanese: su Nigéria Swahili: sw Nigeria Swedish: sv Nigeria n Tagalog: tl Niherya Tajik: tg Ниҷерия Tamil: ta நைஜீரியா Tatar: tt Нигерия Telugu: te నైజీరియా Thai: th ไนจีเรีย Tibetan: bo ནི་ཇི་རི་ཡ Tigrinya: ti ናይጂሪያ Turkish: tr Nijerya Turkmen: tk Nigeriýa Ukrainian: uk Ніге́рія f, uk Ніґе́рія f Urdu: ur نائجیریا nā'ijīriyā, ur نائیجیریا m Uyghur: ug نىگېرىيە Uzbek: uz Nigeriya Vietnamese: vi Ni-giê-ri-a Walloon: wa Nidjeria m West Flemish: vls Nigeria n Yiddish: yi ניגעריע Yoruba: yo Nàìjíríà See also en Abuja Countries of the world Further reading simple Anagrams en aegiinr Igraine Central Nahuatl Etymology nhn :bor es:Nigeria nhn es Nigeria. Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Nigeria Q1033 Danish da: Etymology da :bor en:Nigeria da en Nigeria. Proper noun da proper noun da Nigeria Q1033 Derived terms da nigerianer da nigeriansk Dutch nl: Etymology nl :bor en:Nigeria nl en Nigeria. Pronunciation nl /niˈɣeː.ri.aː/ nl Nl-Nigeria.ogg nl Ni ge ria Proper noun n nl Nigeria Q1033 Derived terms nl Nigeriaan nl Nigeriaans Finnish fi: Etymology fi :bor en:Nigeria fi en Nigeria. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Nigeria Q1033 Declension sg Nigeri a Derived terms fi nigerialainen French fr: Alternative forms fr Nigéria m less common fr Nigérie f obsolete Etymology fr :bor en:Nigeria fr en Nigeria. Pronunciation [e:é] fr Fr-Nigeria.ogg fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Nigeria.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Nigeria.wav France Proper noun m fr Nigeria Q1033 fr République fédérale du Nigeria Derived terms fr Nigérian, fr Nigériane fr nigérian, fr nigériane See also fr Nigérien, fr Nigérienne fr nigérien, fr nigérienne German de: Etymology de :bor en:Nigeria de en Nigeria. Pronunciation de /niˈɡeːʁia/ de De-Nigeria.ogg de De-Nigeria2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Nigeria Q1033 de Bundesrepubik Nigeria Derived terms de Nigerianer de nigerianisch See also de Niger de Nigrer de nigrisch Indonesian id: Etymology id :bor en:Nigeria id en Nigeria. Pronunciation Ni.ge.ri.a Proper noun id Nigeria Q1033 Noun a Nigerian Adjective Nigerian See also Further reading Italian it: Etymology it :bor en:Nigeria it en Nigeria. Pronunciation Nigèria Proper noun f it Nigeria Q1033 Derived terms it nigeriano Anagrams it aegiinr Garinei Latin la: Pronunciation yes Nigēria Proper noun Nigēria<1> la New Latin la Nigeria Q1033 Declension Nigēria<1> Malay ms: Etymology ms :bor en:Nigeria ms en Nigeria. Pronunciation Ni.ge.ri.a Proper noun نيجيريا ms Nigeria Q1033 Noun a نيجيريا Nigerian Adjective نيجيريا Nigerian Norwegian Bokmål no: thumb|Nigerias flagg thumb|Nigeria i Afrika. thumb|The skyline of Lagos, Nigeria's largest city. Etymology nb :bor en:Nigeria nb en Nigeria. The English name was formed from en Niger Niger River and the placename-forming suffix en -ia. Shaw proposed the name for the territories under British influence around the Niger River; it was subsequently applied to the British colony and, after independence in 1960, to the modern country. The river name en Niger is of uncertain origin. Store norske leksikon derives it from Tuareg nb tmh n'igherren flowing water; river. Other etymologies have also been proposed, and the modern European spelling was probably influenced by Latin la niger black rather than being derived from the Latin adjective. The English suffix en -ia placename-forming suffix is from Latin nb la -ia and Ancient Greek nb grc -ία noun-forming suffix and grc -εια. Ancient Greek grc -ία is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ine-pro *-i-eh₂. Parallel international adaptations include nn Nigeria, da Nigeria, sv Nigeria, de Nigeria, nl Nigeria and en Nigeria. Pronunciation nb /¹nɪˈɡeː.rɪ.a/ [nɪˈɡèː.rɪ.a] nb eːrɪa 4 nb Ni ge ri a Proper noun nb proper noun Nigeria; nb country r/West Africa cont/Africa Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea, with Abuja as its capital. nb Nigeria har et stort språklig og kulturelt mangfold. Nigeria has great linguistic and cultural diversity. nb 25 June 2026 Camilla Houeland Nigeria Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Nigeria Nigeria er en republikk som ligger innerst i Guineabukta i Vest-Afrika. Nigeria is a republic situated at the innermost part of the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20260810210758/https://snl.no/Nigeria 10 August 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian Bokmål long-form name is Forbundsrepublikken Nigeria (“the Federal Republic of Nigeria”). Derived terms nb nigeriabrev Nigerian scam letter, advance-fee scam letter nb nigerianer a Nigerian nb nigeriansk Nigerian See also References “Nigeria” in Store norske leksikon. C. K. Meek, “The Niger and the Classics: the History of a Name”, The Journal of African History, volume 1, issue 1, 1960, pages 1–17. “Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med”, Utenriksdepartementet. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology nn :bor en:Nigeria nn en Nigeria. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Nigeria Q1033 Related terms nn nigerianar nn nigeriansk Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor en:Nigeria 1 1 Pronunciation Pl-Nigeria.ogg Proper noun f nigeryjski pl Nigeria Q1033 Declension sg Derived terms pl Nigeryjczyk Nigeryjka See also Further reading Romanian ro: Etymology ro :bor en:Nigeria 1 1 Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Nigeria.wav Proper noun f ro Nigeria Q1033 Declension Nigeriei Spanish es: Etymology es :bor en:Nigeria 1 1 Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Nigeria.wav<a:Spain>> Proper noun f es Nigeria Q1033 Derived terms es nigeriano Anagrams ingiera ingería Swahili Alternative forms sw Nijeria Naijeria Etymology sw :bor en:Nigeria + 1 Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Nigeria.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Nigeria Q1033 Derived terms sw Mnigeria See also Swedish sv: Etymology sv :bor en:Nigeria sv en Nigeria. Pronunciation sv /nɪˈɡeːrɪa/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Nigeria.wav Proper noun n sv Nigeria Q1033 Related terms sv nigerian sv nigeriansk sv nigerianska See also References saol Svensk MeSH Welsh cy: Etymology cy :bor en:Nigeria cy en Nigeria. Proper noun f cy Nigeria Q1033 Related terms cy Nigeraidd Nigerian a cy Nigeriad Nigerian n See also Further reading Nigeria