Niger

niger Níger English thumb|240px|Flag of Niger thumb|right|Niger on a globe Etymology en :bor fr:Niger 1 en fr Niger. For further etymology, commonly linked by folk etymology to la niger black, which likely influenced the modern spelling. Some sources give the term to en tmh - roots, deriving it from a claimed tmh gher n-gheren or tmh egereou n-igereouen river of rivers.C. K. Meek, The Niger and the Classics: The History of a Name. The Journal of African History. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1960), pp. 1-17 Compare Tarifit rif iɣzar-rif n-rif iɣezran. Older sources derive Niger, via a series of mistranslations and geographic misplacements by Greek, Roman and Arab geographers, from Ptolemy's descriptions of the wadi Gir (in modern Algeria) and the "Lower Gir" (or "Ni-Gir") to the south.compare: The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of useful Knowledge, vol. 16 (Murillo—Organ), 1840, NIGER, or rather NIGIR Pronunciation en /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ RP or, for the country, also /niːˈʒɛə(ɹ)/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Niger.wav UK nīʹjər GA, en /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ or, for the country, also nēzhârʹ, /niːˈʒɛɚ/ The second pronunciations of the country's name follow how it is pronounced in French, the official language of Niger.How Do You Pronounce "Niger"? by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.comSo What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times en en-us-Niger.ogg US en aɪdʒə(ɹ) ɛə(ɹ) 2 Proper noun ~ en Q1032en country r/West Africa situated to the north of Nigeria Republic of the Niger. en Kylie Atwood American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/jeffery-woodke-freed-niger 2023-03-20 An American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger more than six years ago and held hostage by terrorists has been released, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted on Monday. https://web.archive.org/web/20251002023840/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/jeffery-woodke-freed-niger 2 October 2025 en Q3542en major river r/West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria. en 2023 Stephen Buoro The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa Bloomsbury Circus 290 From here we can see the River Niger in the distance running across town, a long gleaming diamond in the horizon. en state c/Nigeria ;; in the <<geopolitical zone:suf/North Central>> Minna. en Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/01/africa/nigeria-mass-protests-against-hunger-intl/index.html 2024-08-01 Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported. https://web.archive.org/web/20260419022426/https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/01/africa/nigeria-mass-protests-against-hunger-intl/index.html 19 April 2026 Meronyms Holonyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Nigger Volta-Niger Nigersaurus genus Related terms en Nigeria Nigerien Nigerois Niger-Saharan Proto-Volta-Niger Republic of Niger Transnigerian Descendants ja 1 ナイジャ Naija Translations Q1032 country Afrikaans: af Niger Amharic: am ኒጄር Arabic: ar النِّيجَر f Egyptian Arabic: arz نيچير f nijēr arz النيچر f en-náyjar Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܢܝܼܓ̰ܲܪ f Armenian: hy Նիգեր Asturian: ast Níxer Azerbaijani: az Niger Belarusian: be Ні́гер m Bengali: bn নাইজার Breton: br Niger Bulgarian: bg Ни́гер f Burmese: my နိုင်ဂျာ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 尼日爾, cmn 尼日 Corsican: co Nìger m Czech: cs Niger m Danish: da Niger n Dhivehi: dv ނީޖަރު Dutch: nl Niger n Esperanto: eo Niĝero, eo Niĝerlando Estonian: et Niger Faroese: fo Niger Finnish: fi Niger French: fr Niger m Fula: ff Galician: gl Níxer m Georgian: ka ნიგერი German: de Niger Greek: el Νίγηρας n Hausa: ha Nijar Hebrew: he ניז׳ר f nijer Hindi: hi नाइजर m Hungarian: hu Niger Icelandic: is Níger n Interlingua: ia Niger Irish: ga Nígir f An Nígir, ga Poblacht na Nígire f Italian: it Niger m Japanese: ja ニジェール Nijēru Kalenjin: kln Naija Kamba: kam Naija Kanuri: kr Kazakh: kk Нигер Khmer: km នីហ្សេ Kikuyu: ki Naija Korean: ko ^니제르 Kyrgyz: ky Нигер Latgalian: ltg Nigereja f Latvian: lv Nigēra f Lithuanian: lt Nigeris m Luhya: luy Naija Luo: luo Naija Macedonian: mk Нигер m Māori: mi Ngāika Meru: mer Naija Mingrelian: xmf ნიგერი Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Нигер Norman: nrf Niger m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Niger n Nynorsk: nn Niger n Persian: fa نیجِر nijer Polish: pl Niger m-in Portuguese: pt Níger Romanian: ro Niger n Russian: ru Ни́гер m, ru Ниге́р m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ни̏гер m Latin: sh Nȉger m Sinhalese: si නයිජර් Slovak: sk Niger m Slovene: sl Niger m Southern Altai: alt Нигер Spanish: es Níger Swahili: sw Nijeri Swedish: sv Niger n Tagalog: tl Niher Tagdal: tda Tajik: tg Ниҷер Thai: th ไนเจอร์ Tigrinya: ti ናይጀር Tuareg: tmh Turkish: tr Nijer Ukrainian: uk Ні́гер m, uk Ніґе́р m Urdu: ur نائجر m nāijar Uzbek: uz Niger Vietnamese: vi Ni-giê Yoruba: yo Náíjà Zarma: dje Q3542 river Afrikaans: af Nigerrivier Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: arz نهر النيچر m nahr en-náyjar Bulgarian: bg Ни́гер f Chichewa: ny Mtsinje wa Niger 3 Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 尼日爾河 Dutch: nl Niger m Esperanto: eo Niĝero French: fr Niger m Fula: ff Galician: gl Níxer m German: de Niger m Greek: el Νίγηρας n Hausa: ha Kwara Ibibio: ibb Icelandic: is Nígerfljót n Igbo: ig Òrìmili Izon: ijc Japanese: ja ニジェール Nijēru Kanuri: kr Lithuanian: lt Nigeris m Macedonian: mk Нигер m Nupe: nup Èdù Polish: pl Niger m-in Portuguese: pt Níger m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Нигер m Latin: sh Niger m Slovak: sk Niger m Southern Altai: alt Нигер, alt Нигер суу Swedish: sv Niger Tagdal: tda Tuareg: tmh Turkish: tr Nijer Yoruba: yo Ọya Zarma: dje See also :Appendix:Countries of the world References Further reading Anagrams en eginr re-nig Reign Negri reign ringe renig Grine Reing Grein nigre Afrikaans af: Proper noun af Niger Q1032 Niamey Derived terms af Nigerees af Nigers af Nigeryn Central Huasteca Nahuatl Etymology nch fr Niger. Proper noun nch proper noun nch Niger Q1032 Central Nahuatl Etymology nhn fr Niger. Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Niger Q1032 Czech cs: Etymology cs :bor fr:Niger + + Pronunciation [Ny] Proper noun m-in nigerský Nigeřan cs Niger Q1032,Q3542 Declension m.sg Further reading Dutch nl: Etymology nl fr Niger. Pronunciation nl /ˈni.ɣər/ /ˈni.ɣɛr/ nl Nl-Niger.ogg nl Ni ger Proper noun n nl Niger Q1032 Derived terms nl Nigerees Finnish fi: Etymology fi fr Niger. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Niger Q1032 Declension sg Niger ä 0 Derived terms fi nigeriläinen French fr: Etymology fr :uder<unc> tmh:n'igherren :influence la:niger See more at the English entry. Pronunciation [e:è] fr Fr-Niger.ogg fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Niger.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Niger.wav France fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Niger.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) Proper noun m fr Niger Q1032 Derived terms fr Nigérien Nigerien, fr Nigérienne fr nigérien Descendants ja ニジェール Nijēru See also fr Nigérian Nigerian, resident or native of Nigeria, fr Nigériane fr nigérian German de: Etymology de fr Niger. Pronunciation de [ˈniːɡɐ] de De-Niger.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m,-:s.article or toponym de Niger Q1032 de Republik Niger Nigerien<q:obsolete><g:n> Derived terms de Nigrer de nigrisch Proper noun m,-:s.article de Niger Q3542 Related terms de Nigeria See also de Nigerianer Nigerian, person from Nigeria de nigerianisch Hungarian hu:+ (country) hu:+ (river) Etymology hu fr Niger. Pronunciation niger nizser hu Ni ger hu ɛr 2 Proper noun hu proper noun hu Niger Q1032 hu:Nigeri Köztársaság hu Niger Q3542 Declension Nigere e - sgNiger ei y sg Derived terms hu nigeri See also Indonesian id: Etymology id fr Niger. Pronunciation Ni.ger Proper noun id Niger Q1032,Q3542 Noun a Nigerien Adjective Nigerien See also Further reading Italian it: Etymology it fr Niger. Pronunciation Nìger Proper noun m it Niger Q1032,Q3542 Derived terms it nigerino Anagrams it eginr negri regni Latin Etymology From la niger black, dark. Pronunciation Proper noun Niger/Nigr<2.both> A Roman agnomen, or "nickname" (Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger) Declension Niger/Nigr<2.both> Proper noun la:+ (flumen) la: Niger<3> Nigrim m la Niger Q3542 la 1534 Joachim Vadianus Epitome trium terrae partium Asiae, Africae et Europae compendiariam... Efficit autem hoc suo flexu, ut etiam ultra Athlantem Africa ad usque Nigrim fluuium excurrat, Plinio & Ptolemaeo. Declension Niger<3> Nigrim References Further reading Niger Niger2 Niger Niger3 la agnomina Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|Flags of Niger flying in Zinder. thumb|Niger in Africa. thumb|The Niger River flowing through Niamey. Etymology nb, based on nb fr Niger, the French name of the country and the Niger River. The country is named after the river. The river name has been variously explained. Store norske leksikon derives it from nb tmh n'igherren flowing water; river. Another commonly cited analysis connects it with a Tuareg expression egereou n-igereouen, literally “river of rivers”. The exact historical form and deeper origin of the river name are uncertain. The modern European spelling was probably influenced by Latin la niger black, but the river name is not generally considered to derive from the Latin adjective. Parallel international forms include nn Niger, da Niger, sv Niger, de Niger and en Niger. Pronunciation nb /¹nɪˈɡeːr/ [nɪˈɡèːr] nb eːr 2 nb Ni ger Proper noun nb proper noun Niger; nb country r/West Africa cont/Africa Niger, a landlocked country in West Africa, with Niamey as its capital. nb Store deler av Niger består av ørken og halvørken. Large parts of Niger consist of desert and semi-desert. nb 16 March 2026 Maren Sæbø and Sten Lundbo Niger Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Niger Niger er en republikk i innlandet av Vest-Afrika. Niger is a republic in the interior of West Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20261004014015/https://snl.no/Niger 4 October 2026 Niger; nb river c/Guinea,Mali,Niger,Nigeria cont:also/Africa, a major river in West Africa, flowing from Guinea through Mali and Niger into Nigeria, where it empties into the Gulf of Guinea. nb Niger renner gjennom flere land i Vest-Afrika. The Niger flows through several countries in West Africa. nb 6 November 2025 Fredrik Lyngås Pedersen and Tor A. Benjaminsen Niger Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Niger_-_elv Niger er den tredje lengste elven i Afrika og 4160 kilometer lang. The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa and is 4,160 kilometres long. https://web.archive.org/web/20261011211124/https://snl.no/Niger_-_elv 11 October 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name of the country is Republikken Niger (“the Republic of Niger”). Derived terms nb nigerer a Nigerien nb nigersk Nigerien See also References “Niger” in Store norske leksikon. “Niger – elv” in Store norske leksikon. “Niger” in Online Etymology Dictionary. “Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med”, Utenriksdepartementet. Anagrams nb eginr ringe Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology nn fr Niger. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Niger Q1032 Related terms nn nigerar nn nigersk Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor fr:Niger + + Pronunciation Pl-#.ogg Proper noun m-in nigerski pl Niger Q1032,Q3542 Declension Nig r u Niger sg Derived terms pl Nigerczyk Nigerka See also Further reading Serbo-Croatian sh:,sr:,hr:,bs: Etymology sh fr Niger. Pronunciation sh /nîɡer/ sh Ni ger Proper noun Nȉger m-in sh Niger Q1032,Q3542 Declension Niger Nigera Nigeru Niger Nigere Nigeru Nigerom Slovene sl: Etymology sl fr Niger. Pronunciation Níger Proper noun Níger m-in sl Niger Q1032,Q3542 Declension Níger sg Related terms sl Nígrc / sl Nígrka sl nígrski References Swahili sw: Etymology sw :bor fr:Niger + 1 Proper noun sw proper noun sw Niger Q1032 See also Swedish sv: Etymology sv fr Niger. Pronunciation sv /niːjɛr/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Niger.wav Proper noun n sv Niger Q1032 Related terms sv nigerer sv nigerier sv nigerisk sv nigeriska See also Further reading 12 Svensk MeSH Anagrams sv eginr Inger inger regin ringe Welsh cy: Etymology cy fr Niger. Proper noun f cy Niger Q1032 See also Further reading Niger