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Nigerian
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nigerian nigérian Nigérian
English
Etymology
en :af Nigeria -n + 1
Pronunciation
en /naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/ /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nigerian.wav Southern England
en ɪəɹiən ɪɹiən 4
Noun
A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
en 2010 Harry N. Agina The Invasion of the Funky Pastors: Church Business at War with African Culture Author House 9781449081188 119 For the same reasons that many Nigerians troop to churches in recent times, many also seek spiritual intervention through African traditional religions.
en 2012 Steve Carlos Behind the Firing Line 'No meat!' The Nigerian, who grew up knowing that ponmo or cowskin was popular on the menu list back home, heard the Chadians carry on, and pretending there was nothing scary about the promotion of ponmo as a national delicacy, replied suavely, 'Meat certainly is not all a man lives for, or is it, gentlemen?'
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 He added that Nigerians were also pained watching their leaders live in luxury while they struggled to make ends meet. 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
Usage notes
Nigerian is distinguished from en Nigerien, which denotes a person from Niger.
Derived terms
en Nigerianize
en Nigerianization
en Niggerian offensive
Translations
person
Afrikaans: af Nigeriër
Akan: ak Alata
Asturian: ast nixerianu m, ast nixeriana f
Bulgarian: bg нигериец m
Catalan: ca nigerià
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 尼日利亞人 Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, cmn 奈及利亞人 Taiwan
Czech: cs Nigerijec m
Dutch: nl Nigeriaan m, nl Nigeriaanse f
Esperanto: eo niĝeriano man or woman, eo niĝerianino woman
Finnish: fi nigerialainen
French: fr Nigérian m, fr Nigériane f
Fula: ff
Galician: gl nixeriano m
German: de Nigerianer m, de Nigerianerin f
Hausa: ha
Hawaiian: haw Naigeria
Hindi: hi नाइजीरियाई
Ibibio: ibb
Igbo: ig
Irish: ga Nigéarach m
Italian: it nigeriano
Izon: ijc
Japanese: ja ナイジェリア人 Naijeria-jin
Kazakh: kk нигериялық
Korean: ko 나이지리아인, ko 나이지리아 사람
Lithuanian: lt nigerietis m, lt nigerietė f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb nigerianer m
Nynorsk: nn nigerian m, nn nigerianar m
Nupe: nup Nàjéríyàci
Polish: pl Nigeryjczyk m, pl Nigeryjka f
Portuguese: pt nigeriano m
Romanian: ro nigerian m, ro nigeriană f
Russian: ru нигери́ец m, ru нигери́йка f
Rwanda-Rundi: rw Umunyanijeriya 1
Serbo-Croatian: sh Nigerijac m, sh Nigerijka f
Spanish: es nigeriano m
Swahili: sw Mnigeria
Turkish: tr Nijeryalı
Yoruba: yo ọmọ Nàìjíríà
Adjective
-
Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
en 2005 w:Helen Oyeyemi w:The Icarus Girl Bloomsbury 70 There was some languidness latent in the Nigerian atmosphere that made her forget the meaning of time passing.
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 One protester in the Nigerian capital told the national Channels Television that he was forced to join the Thursday protests due to hunger. 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
Derived terms
en Nigerianness Transnigerian Nigerian English Nigerian Pidgin Nigerian prince Nigerian scam Nigerian time Niggerian<ll:offensive>
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Afrikaans: af Nigeries
Asturian: ast nixerianu
Bulgarian: bg нигери́йски
Catalan: ca nigerià
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 尼日利亞的 Nírìlìyà de Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, cmn 奈及利亞的 Nàijílìyà de Taiwan
Czech: cs nigerijský
Dutch: nl Nigeriaans, nl Nigeriaanse
Finnish: fi nigerialainen
French: fr nigérian
Fula: ff
Galician: gl nixeriano
German: de nigerianisch
Hausa: ha
Hawaiian: haw Naigeria
Hindi: hi नाइजीरियाई
Ibibio: ibb
Igbo: ig
Irish: ga Nigéarach
Italian: it nigeriano
Izon: ijc
Kazakh: kk нигериялық
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb nigeriansk
Nynorsk: nn nigeriansk
Polish: pl nigeryjski m
Portuguese: pt nigeriano
Romanian: ro nigerian
Russian: ru нигери́йский
Serbo-Croatian: sh nigerijski
Spanish: es nigeriano
Swahili: sw Kinigeria
Swedish: sv nigeriansk
Ukrainian: uk ніге́рійський
Yoruba: yo Nàìjíríà
See also
en Nigerien
en Nigerois
Anagrams
en aegiinnr arginine geraniin
en terms suffixed with -ian
en Nationalities Nigeria
Finnish
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Nigeria gen s