Nigeria
Syllables: Ni·ge·ria/naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə//naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiə/
Nigeria 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 (₦).
Proper noun
Nigeria
- A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).
- 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
- 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
Nigeria meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Nigeria in Hindi
- a country in Western Africa
- नाइजीरिया nāijīriyā
Nigeria in Tamil
- a country in Western Africa
- நைஜீரியா naijīriyā
Nigeria in Urdu
- a country in Western Africa
- نائجیریا nā'ijīriyā, نائیجیریا nāejeryā
Nigeria in Bengali
- a country in Western Africa
- নাইজেরিয়া naijeriẏa
More languagesFewer languages
- Nigeria in Telugu
- నైజీరియా naijīriyā
- Nigeria in Malayalam
- നൈജീരിയ naijīriya
- Nigeria in Kannada
- ನೈಜೀರಿಯ naijīriya
- Nigeria in Sinhala
- නයිජීරියාව nayijīriyāwa
- Nigeria in Pashto
- نايجېريا nāyǰeryã
- Nigeria in Tagalog
- Niherya
- Nigeria in Arabic
- نِيجِيرِيَا nījēriyā, نَايْجِيرِيَا nayjīriyā
- Nigeria in Malay
- Nigeria
- Nigeria in Indonesian
- Nigeria
- Nigeria in Persian
- نیجریه nijeriye
- Nigeria in Thai
- ไนจีเรีย nai-jii-riia
- Nigeria in Vietnamese
- Ni-giê-ri-a
- Nigeria in Myanmar
- နိုင်ဂျီးရီးယား nuinggyi:ri:ya:
- Dhivehi
- ނައިޖީރިއާ naijīriā
Origin of Nigeria
From Niger + -ia (“place”), coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.
Words formed from Nigeria
Phrases with Nigeria
Words that rhyme with Nigeria
- hysteria
- bacteria
- Iberia
- criteria
- washeteria
- apteria
- archaebacteria
- arteria
- asteria
- ceria
- corynebacteria
- cryptomeria
16 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about Nigeria
- What does Nigeria mean?
- Nigeria means a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).
- What is Nigeria in Hindi?
- Nigeria in Hindi is नाइजीरिया (nāijīriyā). See Nigeria meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Nigeria?
- Nigeria is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Nigeria?
- Nigeria is pronounced /naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə/ (UK).
Words near Nigeria in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Nigeria (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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