nigerian
/naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
Example Sentences
- "For the same reasons that many Nigerians troop to churches in recent times, many also seek spiritual intervention through African traditional religions."
- "'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, gentlemen?'"
- "He added that Nigerians were also pained watching their leaders live in luxury while they struggled to make ends meet."
- "There was some languidness latent in the Nigerian atmosphere that made her forget the meaning of time passing."
- "One protester in the Nigerian capital told the national Channels Television that he was forced to join the Thursday protests due to hunger."
Etymology
Etymology tree Tuareg n'igherren? ▲ Latin nigerinflu. French Nigerbor. English Niger Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Nigeria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Nigerian From Nigeria + -an.