Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Niger.
- proper noun A native or inhabitant of Niger.
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- noun A person from
Niger or of Nigerien descent. - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Niger or the Nigerien people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Niger
- adjective of or relating to the people of Nigeria
Etymologies
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Examples
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If they were to travel to the Republic of Niger, the poorest nation in the world where most people live on about one dollar a day, they might encounter the adolescent Nigerien woman I met in Niamey, Niger's capital in 2009.
Paul Stoller: Media Failure and the Image of Africa Paul Stoller 2011
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If they were to travel to the Republic of Niger, the poorest nation in the world where most people live on about one dollar a day, they might encounter the adolescent Nigerien woman I met in Niamey, Niger's capital in 2009.
Paul Stoller: Media Failure and the Image of Africa Paul Stoller 2011
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Bravo to the Nigerien National Assembly, to Mahamane Ousame, to the Constitutional Court, to PresidentGuermakoye, to … to the Nigeriens!
Global Voices in English » Niger: Widespread opposition to president’s bid to extend rule 2009
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Bazoum Mohammed, vice president of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS - Tarayya), told VOA most people want an end to military rule.
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When I ask my Nigerien friends, what is important, the invariable answer is: the quality of our relations with others.
Paul Stoller: Time, Well-Being and the Political Moment Paul Stoller 2011
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Vanessa Curney, a communications specialist for UNICEF, based in the capital Niamey, said that with the help of partners such as Save the Children, CARE and the Nigerien government, UNICEF is making monthly cash payments of $40 to mothers of children under two in the areas that have been most affected by drought.
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Issa Moussa from the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism said the approved voter roll indicates that the October 31 referendum on the country's proposed new constitution will take place as planned.
Niger Adds 600,000 Voters to Rolls in Anticipation of Referendum 2010
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But Tinariwen's example inspired Nigerien guitarist Omara "Bombino" Moctar and his band, who had field recordings of their music released on the Sublime Frequencies label.
Kings of New Wave and an R&B Queen Andy Beta 2011
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It's been a full week since security agents arrested the Nigerien colonel who was once the number two man in the nation's transitional military junta.
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"I wish to announce that one of Gadhafi's sons — al-Saadi Gadhafi — was intercepted in the north of Niger by a patrol of the Nigerien military," Morou told reporters late Sunday.
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