Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A native or inhabitant of Nigeria.
- adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the country Nigeria.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Nigeria.
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- noun A person from
Nigeria or of Nigerian descent. - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
- adjective of or relating to the people of Nigeria
- adjective of or relating to Nigeria
Etymologies
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Examples
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DORA AKUNYILI, NIGERIAN MINISTER OF INFORMATION: Nigerian security agencies are working hand in hand with international security agencies on this matter.
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* to embark on an international campaign together with our international allies, of sanctions against the NIGERIAN REGIME, in particular the total boycott of Nigerian oil.
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With that, your government also took over the enormous debt created by Landsbanki through what you refer to as a Nigerian money scam.
PlaneetHS 2010
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Loyalty, in Nigerian politics, is rarely overlooked.
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Of course Japanese wanting Japan to be majority Japanese, or Nigeria wanting to be majority Nigerian is a-ok, but if a western country wants to be majority white?
Matthew Yglesias » Rep Trent Franks: Blacks Were Better Off Under Slavery 2010
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Please, tell those Criminals Leaders in Nigerian that it time for them to stop stealing all the resources in Nigerian, Living lavish life while the masses laugish is sever Poverty while the send the Children to the best schools around the world.
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I didnt know there was a worldwide popularity in Nigerian writers.
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Of course Japanese wanting Japan to be majority Japanese, or Nigeria wanting to be majority Nigerian is a-ok, but if a western country wants to be majority white?
Matthew Yglesias » Rep Trent Franks: Blacks Were Better Off Under Slavery 2010
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Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, is in US custody facing charges including attempted murder and attempting to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight above Detroit on 25 December last year.
Student charged with trying to blow up plane 'not radicalised at UCL' Jeevan Vasagar 2010
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Of course Japanese wanting Japan to be majority Japanese, or Nigeria wanting to be majority Nigerian is a-ok, but if a western country wants to be majority white?
Matthew Yglesias » Rep Trent Franks: Blacks Were Better Off Under Slavery 2010
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