Nigeria
/naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə/ · name
Meaning
- A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).
Etymology / origin
From Niger + -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.
Related words
ናይጄሪያ(Amharic)نيرة(Arabic)နိုင်ဂျီးရီးယား(Burmese)奈及利亞(Chinese)尼日利亞(Chinese)Nigeria(Dutch)Nigeria(Finnish)Nigeria(French)नाइजीरिया(Hindi)Nigeria(Indonesian)ナイジェリア(Japanese)나이지리아(Korean)നൈജീരിയ(Malayalam)Najeriya(Nupe)Ниґерия(Pannonian Rusyn)ไนจีเรีย(Thai)Nigeriýa(Turkmen)نائیجیریا(Urdu)Naijiria(Yoruba)
Descendant words
- ናይጄሪያ(Amharic) (bor)
- نيرة(Arabic) (der)
- နိုင်ဂျီးရီးယား(Burmese) (bor)
- 奈及利亞(Chinese) (bor)
- 尼日利亞(Chinese) (bor)
- Nigeria(Dutch) (bor)
- Nigeria(Finnish) (der)
- Nigeria(French) (bor)
- नाइजीरिया(Hindi) (bor)
- Nigeria(Indonesian) (bor)
- ナイジェリア(Japanese) (bor)
- 나이지리아(Korean) (bor)
- നൈജീരിയ(Malayalam) (bor)
- Najeriya(Nupe) (bor)
- Ниґерия(Pannonian Rusyn) (der)
- ไนจีเรีย(Thai) (bor)
- Nigeriýa(Turkmen) (der)
- نائیجیریا(Urdu) (bor)
- Naijiria(Yoruba) (bor)
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