Niger
pronunciation
How to pronounce Niger in British English:
UK [niːˈʒɛə , ˈnaɪdʒə]
How to pronounce Niger in American English:
US [ˈnaɪdʒər , niˈʒɛr]
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- Noun:
- an African river; flows into the South Atlantic
- a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert
Word Origin
- Niger
- African nation, named for the river Niger, mentioned by that name 1520s (Leo Africanus), probably an alteration (by influence of Latin niger "black") of a local Tuareg name, egereou n-igereouen, from egereou "big river, sea" + n-igereouen, plural of that word. Translated in Arabic as nahr al-anhur "river of rivers."
Example
- 1. Furthermore tuareg returning from libya are mostly from niger .
- 2. His first concern should be the niger delta .
- 3. For people are hungry in niger .
- 4. These problems are most egregious in the oil-rich niger delta .
- 5. Fighting over resource-rich areas like the niger delta frightens investors .