Niger

== English == === Etymology === Commonly linked by folk etymology to Latin niger (“black”), which likely influenced the modern spelling. Some sources give the term to Tuareg roots, deriving it from a claimed gher n-gheren or egereou n-igereouen (“river of rivers”). Compare Tarifit iɣzar-n-iɣezran. Older sources derive Niger, via a series of mistranslations and geographic misplacements by Greek, Roman and Arab geographers, from Ptolemy's descriptions of the wadi Gir (in modern Algeria) and the "Lower Gir" (or "Ni-Gir") to the south. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ or, for the country, also /niːˈʒɛə(ɹ)/ (General American) enPR: nīʹjər, IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ or, for the country, also enPR: nēzhârʹ, /niːˈʒɛɚ/ The second pronunciations of the country's name follow how it is pronounced in French, the official language of Niger. Rhymes: -aɪd͡ʒə(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ) === Proper noun === Niger or the Niger A country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of the Niger. A major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria. A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Minna. ==== Meronyms ==== ==== Holonyms ==== Subsahara ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ナイジャ (Naija) ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Countries of the world === References === === Further reading === Niger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === re-nig, Reign, Negri, reign, ringe, renig, Grine, Reing, Grein, nigre == Afrikaans == === Proper noun === Niger Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria; capital: Niamey) ==== Derived terms ==== Nigerees Nigers Nigeryn == Central Huasteca Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Niger Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Niger Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnɪɡɛr] === Proper noun === Niger m inan (relational adjective nigerský, demonym Nigeřan) Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Niger”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “Niger”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “Niger”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from French Niger. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈni.ɣər/, /ˈni.ɣɛr/ Hyphenation: Ni‧ger === Proper noun === Niger n Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) ==== Derived terms ==== Nigerees == Finnish == === Etymology === From French Niger. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniɡer/, [ˈniɡe̞r] Rhymes: -iɡer Syllabification(key): Ni‧ger Hyphenation(key): Ni‧ger === Proper noun === Niger Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nigeriläinen == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ni.ʒɛʁ/ === Proper noun === Niger m Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) ==== Derived terms ==== Nigérien (“Nigerien”), Nigérienne nigérien ==== Descendants ==== Japanese: ニジェール (Nijēru) === See also === Nigérian (“Nigerian, resident or native of Nigeria”), Nigériane nigérian == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈniːɡɐ] === Proper noun === der Niger m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Niger or des Nigers) or Niger n (proper noun, genitive Nigers or (optionally with an article) Niger) Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) Synonyms: Republik Niger, (obsolete) Nigerien n ==== Derived terms ==== Nigrer nigrisch === Proper noun === der Niger m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Niger or des Nigers) Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria) ==== Related terms ==== Nigeria === See also === Nigerianer (“Nigerian, person from Nigeria”) nigerianisch == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈniɡɛr], [ˈniʒɛr] Hyphenation: Ni‧ger Rhymes: -ɛr === Proper noun === Niger Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria; official name: Nigeri Köztársaság) Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nigeri === See also === == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Niger. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈniɡər/ [ˈni.ɡər] Rhymes: -iɡər Syllabification: Ni‧ger === Proper noun === Niger Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria) === Noun === Niger (plural Niger-Niger or para Niger) Nigerien === Adjective === Niger (comparative lebih Niger, superlative paling Niger) Nigerien === See also === === Further reading === “Niger”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈni.d͡ʒer/ Rhymes: -idʒer Hyphenation: Nì‧ger === Proper noun === Niger m Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria) ==== Derived terms ==== nigerino === Anagrams === negri, regni == Latin == === Etymology === From niger (“black, dark”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.d͡ʒer] === Proper noun === Niger m (genitive Nigrī); second declension A Roman agnomen, or "nickname" (Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger)[3] ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). === Proper noun === Niger m sg (genitive Nigris); third declension Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press === Further reading === “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Niger Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) ==== Related terms ==== nigerer nigersk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Niger Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) ==== Related terms ==== nigerar nigersk == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɲi.ɡɛr/ Rhymes: -iɡɛr Syllabification: Ni‧ger === Proper noun === Niger m inan (related adjective nigerski) Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === Niger in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nîɡer/ Hyphenation: Ni‧ger === Proper noun === Nȉger m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏гер) Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria) ==== Declension ==== == Slovene == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nìːɡɛr/ === Proper noun === Níger m inan Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Nígrc / Nígrka nígrski === References === “Niger”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “Niger”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references == Swahili == === Proper noun === Niger Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) === See also === == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /niːɡɛr/ === Proper noun === Niger n (genitive Nigers) Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) ==== Related terms ==== nigerer nigerier nigerisk nigeriska ==== See also ==== === Further reading === Niger in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024) Svensk MeSH === Anagrams === Inger, inger, regin, ringe == Welsh == === Proper noun === Niger f (not mutable) Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) === See also === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Niger”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[4], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN