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Nigeria

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A country of western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. A variety of states were established in the region prior to the arrival of Europeans, including the Bornu, Benin, and Songhai empires. Exploited by Portuguese, British, French, and Dutch traders in the 1600s and 1700s, Nigeria was eventually claimed by the British, who consolidated the area into one colony in 1914. The country attained its independence in 1960. In 1991, the seat of government was moved from Lagos to the new capital, Abuja.

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  • proper noun Country in Western Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country

Etymologies

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Named after the Niger River, from a native term "Ni Gir" (meaning "River Gir"). The name has often been misinterpreted as derived from the Latin niger ("black"), a reference to the dark complexions of the inhabitants of the region.

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. african country
  2. african nation

same context (1)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. Kenya

forms (1)

Forms

  1. Nigerian

cross-references (2)

Cross-references

  1. Abuja
  2. Countries of the world

rhymes (12)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Algeria
  2. Assyria
  3. Elyria
  4. Iberia
  5. Liberia
  6. Siberia
  7. Syria
  8. bacteria
  9. cafeteria
  10. criteria
  11. diphtheria
  12. listeria

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