Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun offensive, ethnic slur A negro person

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

  • noun (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word nigra.

Examples

  • The result was the spread of a now ubiquitous, lanky hybrid of the American Populus deltoides and European Populus nigra, aka Poplar Hybrid 107.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • The result was the spread of a now ubiquitous, lanky hybrid of the American Populus deltoides and European Populus nigra, aka Poplar Hybrid 107.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • The result was the spread of a now ubiquitous, lanky hybrid of the American Populus deltoides and European Populus nigra, aka Poplar Hybrid 107.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, is characterized by a loss of voluntary movement, the result of the death of neurons in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra, which is involved in movement control.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, is characterized by a loss of voluntary movement, the result of the death of neurons in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra, which is involved in movement control.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, is characterized by a loss of voluntary movement, the result of the death of neurons in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra, which is involved in movement control.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, is characterized by a loss of voluntary movement, the result of the death of neurons in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra, which is involved in movement control.

    UCLA Newsroom: UCLA Newsroom 2010

  • Parkinson disease results from the death or loss of function of the nervous cells (neurons) in a brain area called substancia nigra, which is involved in the regulation of movement.

    Ciencia Hoje - Noticias 2009

  • Parkinson's disease is caused by a degeneration of dopamine neurons in an area of the midbrain known as the substantia nigra, which is responsible for dopamine production.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Parkinson's disease is caused by a degeneration of dopamine neurons in an area of the midbrain known as the substantia nigra, which is responsible for dopamine production.

    unknown title 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.