adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/
/naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiən/
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rhymes with -ɪəɹiən
rhymes with -ɪɹiən
CMU ARPABET:N AY0 JH IH1 R IY0 AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to the people of Nigeria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Nigerien
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to Nigeria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the Nigerian capital used to be Lagos
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: African
Narrower terms: Hausa, Haussa, Edo, Igbo, Yoruba
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Nigeria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Nigerian From Nigeria + -an.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Nigeries
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Asturian:
nixerianu
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Bulgarian:
нигери́йски
(nigeríjski)
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Catalan:
nigerià
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Chinese Mandarin:
尼日利亞的 /尼日利亚的
(Nírìlìyà de)
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Chinese Mandarin:
奈及利亞的 /奈及利亚的
(Nàijílìyà de)
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Czech:
nigerijský
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Dutch:
Nigeriaans
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Dutch:
Nigeriaanse
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Finnish:
nigerialainen
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
French:
nigérian
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Galician:
nixeriano
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
German:
nigerianisch
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Hawaiian:
Naigeria
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Hindi:
नाइजीरियाई
(nāijīriyāī)
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Irish:
Nigéarach
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Italian:
nigeriano
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Norwegian Bokmål:
nigeriansk
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nigeriansk
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Polish:
nigeryjski
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Portuguese:
nigeriano
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Romanian:
nigerian
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Russian:
нигери́йский
(nigeríjskij)
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Serbo-Croatian:
nigerijski
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Spanish:
nigeriano
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Swahili:
Kinigeria
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Swedish:
nigeriansk
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Ukrainian:
ніге́рійський
(nihérijsʹkyj)
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
Yoruba:
Nàìjíríà
— of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
