Nigeria

Ni·ge·ria
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UK/naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə/US/naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiə/Scotland/naɪˈd͡ʒiːɹiə/

proper noun

A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).

OriginEnglish Niger ← French Niger ← Latin nigerinflu. →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).

    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.

    2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN
    1 more example

    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.

    2007 February 5, Roger Blench, “The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities”, in rogerblench.info, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2022, page 1

Origin

  1. Tuaregn'igherren?
  2. Latinnigerinflu.
  3. FrenchNiger
  4. EnglishNiger
  5. EnglishNigeria

From Niger + -ia (“place”), coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.

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Translations

Afrikaans Nigerië
  • Nigeriëa country in Western Africa
Arabic نِيجِيرِيَا, نِيجِيرِيَا
  • نِيجِيرِيَا (nījēriyā)a country in Western Africa
  • نِيجِيرِيَا (nīgīriyā)a country in Western Africa
  • نِيجِيرِيَا (nījīriyā)a country in Western Africa
  • نَايْجِيرِيَا (nayjīriyā)a country in Western Africa
Bengali নাইজেরিয়া
  • নাইজেরিয়া (naijeriẏa)a country in Western Africa
Bulgarian Ниге́рия
  • Ниге́рия (Nigérija)a country in Western Africa
Catalan Nigèria
  • Nigèriaa country in Western Africa
Chinese Mandarin 尼日利亞 /尼日利亚, 奈及利亞 /奈及利亚
  • 尼日利亞 /尼日利亚 (Nírìlìyà)a country in Western Africa
  • 奈及利亞 /奈及利亚 (Nàijílìyà)a country in Western Africa
Czech Nigérie
  • Nigériea country in Western Africa
Danish Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Dutch Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Esperanto Nigerio, Niĝerio
  • Nigerioa country in Western Africa
  • Niĝerioa country in Western Africa
Estonian Nigeeria
  • Nigeeriaa country in Western Africa
Finnish Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
French Nigeria, Nigéria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
  • Nigériaa country in Western Africa
German Nigeria, Nigerien
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
  • Nigeriena country in Western Africa
Greek Νιγηρία
  • Νιγηρία (Nigiría)a country in Western Africa
Hawaiian Naigeria
  • Naigeriaa country in Western Africa
Hebrew נִיגֶרְיָה
  • נִיגֶרְיָה (nigerya)a country in Western Africa
Hindi नाइजीरिया
  • नाइजीरिया (nāijīriyā)a country in Western Africa
Hungarian Nigéria
  • Nigériaa country in Western Africa
Icelandic Nígería
  • Nígeríaa country in Western Africa
Indonesian Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Irish An Nigéir
  • An Nigéira country in Western Africa
Italian Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Japanese ナイジェリア
  • ナイジェリア (Naijeria)a country in Western Africa
Korean 나이지리아, 나이제리아
  • 나이지리아 (Naijiria)a country in Western Africa
  • 나이제리아 (Naijeria)a country in Western Africa
Latin Nigēria
  • Nigēriaa country in Western Africa
Latvian Nigērija
  • Nigērijaa country in Western Africa
Lithuanian Nigerija
  • Nigerijaa country in Western Africa
Malay Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Māori Ngāitiria
  • Ngāitiriaa country in Western Africa
Norwegian Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Persian نیجریه
  • نیجریه (nijeriye)a country in Western Africa
Polish Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Portuguese Nigéria
  • Nigériaa country in Western Africa
Romanian Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Russian Ниге́рия
  • Ниге́рия (Nigérija)a country in Western Africa
Slovak Nigéria
  • Nigériaa country in Western Africa
Spanish Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Swahili Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Swedish Nigeria
  • Nigeriaa country in Western Africa
Tagalog Niherya
  • Niheryaa country in Western Africa
Tamil நைஜீரியா
  • நைஜீரியா (naijīriyā)a country in Western Africa
Thai ไนจีเรีย
  • ไนจีเรีย (nai-jii-riia)a country in Western Africa
Turkish Nijerya
  • Nijeryaa country in Western Africa
Ukrainian Ніге́рія, Ніґе́рія
  • Ніге́рія (Nihérija)a country in Western Africa
  • Ніґе́рія (Nigérija)a country in Western Africa
Urdu نائجیریا, نائیجیریا
  • نائجیریا (nā'ijīriyā)a country in Western Africa
  • نائیجیریا (nāejeryā)a country in Western Africa
Vietnamese Ni-giê-ri-a
  • Ni-giê-ri-aa country in Western Africa
Yiddish ניגעריע
  • ניגעריע (nigerye)a country in Western Africa

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Nigeria

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Anagrams

Igraine
Cite this entry
APA

Nigeria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nigeria

MLA

“Nigeria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nigeria. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nigeria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nigeria.

Source: Nigeria on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.