Nigerian
/naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/
Nigerian noun: a person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
Noun
Nigerian (plural Nigerians)
- A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
- For the same reasons that many Nigerians troop to churches in recent times, many also seek spiritual intervention through African traditional religions.2010, Harry N. Agina, The Invasion of the Funky Pastors: Church Business at War with African Culture, Author House, →ISBN, page 119
- 'No meat!' The Nigerian, who grew up knowing that ponmo or cowskin was popular on the menu list back home, heard the Chadians carry on, and pretending there was nothing scary about the promotion of ponmo as a national delicacy, replied suavely, 'Meat certainly is not all a man lives for, or is it...2012, Steve Carlos, Behind the Firing Line
Adjective
Nigerian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
- There was some languidness latent in the Nigerian atmosphere that made her forget the meaning of time passing.2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 70
- One protester in the Nigerian capital told the national Channels Television that he was forced to join the Thursday protests due to hunger.2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN
Nigerian meaning in Hindi and Bengali
Nigerian in Hindi
- person
- नाइजीरियाई nāijīriyāī
- of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture
- नाइजीरियाई nāijīriyāī
Nigerian in Bengali
- নাইজেরীয়
Forms of Nigerian
| plural | Nigerians |
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Origin of Nigerian
From Nigeria + -an.
Words formed from Nigerian
Phrases with Nigerian
Words that rhyme with Nigerian
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- Sumerian
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Questions about Nigerian
- What does Nigerian mean?
- Nigerian means a person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
- What is Nigerian in Hindi?
- Nigerian in Hindi is नाइजीरियाई (nāijīriyāī). See Nigerian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Nigerian?
- Nigerian can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Nigerian?
- Nigerian is pronounced /naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/.
- What is the plural of Nigerian?
- The plural of Nigerian is Nigerians.
Words near Nigerian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Nigerian (page history and authors); Nigerian (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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