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Nigeria

proper noun

  1. large country in West Africa bordering Cameroon and Niger
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə/ / /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiə/ / /naɪˈd͡ʒiːɹiə/

name

Etymology: From Niger + -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.

  1. A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).

    “This is an annotated wordlist of the Ayere language, spoken in Ayere village in Kwara State, Nigeria. The wordlist was written by Mr. E.O. Olumorin for the West African Languages Survey in November 1961.”

    “Doctors in Nigeria have criticized a mass national identification registration policy, involving tens of millions of citizens, as Covid-19 cases and deaths rise in the country.”