Nigeria

English

Nigeria

Etymology

From Niger +‎ -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪə.ɹɪə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹ.i.ə/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒiː.ɹi.ə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ria
  • Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Danish

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria n

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniɡeriɑ/, [ˈniɡe̞ˌriɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ni‧ge‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Declension

Inflection of Nigeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Nigeria —
genitive Nigerian —
partitive Nigeriaa —
illative Nigeriaan —
singular plural
nominative Nigeria —
accusative nom. Nigeria —
gen. Nigerian
genitive Nigerian —
partitive Nigeriaa —
inessive Nigeriassa —
elative Nigeriasta —
illative Nigeriaan —
adessive Nigerialla —
ablative Nigerialta —
allative Nigerialle —
essive Nigeriana —
translative Nigeriaksi —
abessive Nigeriatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Nigeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigeriani —
accusative nom. Nigeriani —
gen. Nigeriani
genitive Nigeriani —
partitive Nigeriaani —
inessive Nigeriassani —
elative Nigeriastani —
illative Nigeriaani —
adessive Nigeriallani —
ablative Nigerialtani —
allative Nigerialleni —
essive Nigerianani —
translative Nigeriakseni —
abessive Nigeriattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigeriasi —
accusative nom. Nigeriasi —
gen. Nigeriasi
genitive Nigeriasi —
partitive Nigeriaasi —
inessive Nigeriassasi —
elative Nigeriastasi —
illative Nigeriaasi —
adessive Nigeriallasi —
ablative Nigerialtasi —
allative Nigeriallesi —
essive Nigerianasi —
translative Nigeriaksesi —
abessive Nigeriattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigeriamme —
accusative nom. Nigeriamme —
gen. Nigeriamme
genitive Nigeriamme —
partitive Nigeriaamme —
inessive Nigeriassamme —
elative Nigeriastamme —
illative Nigeriaamme —
adessive Nigeriallamme —
ablative Nigerialtamme —
allative Nigeriallemme —
essive Nigerianamme —
translative Nigeriaksemme —
abessive Nigeriattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigerianne —
accusative nom. Nigerianne —
gen. Nigerianne
genitive Nigerianne —
partitive Nigeriaanne —
inessive Nigeriassanne —
elative Nigeriastanne —
illative Nigeriaanne —
adessive Nigeriallanne —
ablative Nigerialtanne —
allative Nigeriallenne —
essive Nigeriananne —
translative Nigeriaksenne —
abessive Nigeriattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Nigeriansa —
accusative nom. Nigeriansa —
gen. Nigeriansa
genitive Nigeriansa —
partitive Nigeriaansa —
inessive Nigeriassaan
Nigeriassansa
—
elative Nigeriastaan
Nigeriastansa
—
illative Nigeriaansa —
adessive Nigeriallaan
Nigeriallansa
—
ablative Nigerialtaan
Nigerialtansa
—
allative Nigerialleen
Nigeriallensa
—
essive Nigerianaan
Nigerianansa
—
translative Nigeriakseen
Nigeriaksensa
—
abessive Nigeriattaan
Nigeriattansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.ʒe.ʁja/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria m

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
    Synonym: République fédérale du Nigeria

Derived terms

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈɡeːʁia/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria n (proper noun, genitive Nigerias or (optionally with an article) Nigeria)

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
    Synonym: Bundesrepubik Nigeria

Derived terms

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒɛ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧gè‧ria

Proper noun

Nigeria f

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nigēria f sg (genitive Nigēriae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nigēria
Genitive Nigēriae
Dative Nigēriae
Accusative Nigēriam
Ablative Nigēriā
Vocative Nigēria

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲiˈɡɛ.rja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

Nigeria f

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • Nigeryjczyk
  • Nigeryjka

Further reading

  • Nigeria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈxeɾja/ [niˈxe.ɾja]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾja
  • Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

Nigeria f

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Swahili

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪˈɡeːrɪa/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
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