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NIGERIEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Niger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nigerien" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Nigerien" is a member of...):

Niger; Republic of Niger (a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the people of Nigeria

Example:

a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year

Synonyms:

Nigerian; Nigerien

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)

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