Nigerian
noun
- person from Nigeria
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/ / /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiən/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English Nigeria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Nigerian From Nigeria + -an.
- Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
“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.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English Nigeria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Nigerian From Nigeria + -an.
- A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
“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?'”