Niger Commonly linked byfolk etymology toLatin niger ( “ black ” ) , which likely influenced the modern spelling.
Some sources give the term toTuareg gher n-gheren oregereou n-igereouen ( “ river of rivers ” ) .[ 1] [ 2] Tarifit iɣzar n iɣezran
Older sources deriveNiger , via a series of mistranslations and geographic misplacements by Greek, Roman and Arab geographers, from Ptolemy's descriptions of thewadi Gir (in modern Algeria) and the "Lower Gir" (or "Ni-Gir") to the south.[ 3]
Niger or the Niger
Acountry inWest Africa Nigeria . Official name:Republic of the Niger 2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, inCNN [1] An American aid worker who was kidnapped inNiger more than six years ago and held hostage by terrorists has been released, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted on Monday.
A majorriver inWest Africa Gulf of Guinea inNigeria .2023 Stephen Buoro ,The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa , Bloomsbury Circus, page290 :From here we can see the RiverNiger in the distance running across town, a long gleaming diamond in the horizon.
Astate ofNigeria North Central Minna 2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, inCNN [2] Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboringNiger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. InNiger , at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.
^ C. K. Meek,The Niger and the Classics: The History of a Name . The Journal of African History. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1960), pp. 1-17 ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025 ), “Niger ”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary ^ compare:The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of useful Knowledge , vol. 16 (Murillo—Organ), 1840,NIGER, or rather NIGIR ^ How Do You Pronounce "Niger"? by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com ^ So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York TimesNiger
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria ; capital:Niamey Central Huasteca Nahuatl [ edit ] Niger
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Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Niger m inan relational adjective nigerský demonym Nigeřan
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Niger river inWest Africa Gulf of Guinea inNigeria )Declension ofNiger (sg-only hard masculine inanimate )
Probably borrowed fromFrench Niger
IPA (key ) : /ˈni.ɣər/ ,/ˈni.ɣɛr/ Hyphenation:Ni‧ger Niger n
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )FromFrench Niger
IPA (key ) : /ˈniɡer/ ,[ˈniɡe̞r] Rhymes:-iɡer Syllabification(key ) :Ni‧ger Hyphenation(key ) :Ni‧ger Niger
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Niger m
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )der Nigerm 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 country inWest Africa Nigeria )Synonyms: Republik Niger ( obsolete ) Nigerien n der Nigerm proper noun strong usually definite ,definite genitive des Niger or des Nigers
Niger river inWest Africa Gulf of Guinea inNigeria )IPA (key ) : [ˈniɡɛr] ,[ˈniʒɛr] Hyphenation:Ni‧ger Rhymes:-ɛr Niger
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria ; official name:Nigeri Köztársaság Niger river inWest Africa Gulf of Guinea inNigeria )Niger m
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Niger river inWest Africa Gulf of Guinea inNigeria )Fromniger ( “ black, dark ” ) .
Niger m genitive Nigrī second declension
A Romanagnomen , or "nickname" Second-declension noun (nominative singular in-er ).
Niger m sg genitive Nigris third declension
Niger river inWest Africa Gulf of Guinea inNigeria )1534 Epitome trium terrae partium Asiae, Africae et Europae compendiariam... :Efficit autem hoc suo flexu, ut etiam ultra Athlantem Africa ad usqueNigrim fluuium excurrat, Plinio & Ptolemaeo. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) Third-declension noun, singular only.
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Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Niger m inan related adjective nigerski
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Niger river inWest Africa Gulf of Guinea inNigeria )Niger in Polish dictionaries at PWNIPA (key ) : /nîɡer/ Hyphenation:Ni‧ger Nȉger m inan Cyrillic spelling Ни̏гер
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Niger river inWest Africa Gulf of Guinea inNigeria )Níger m inan
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Niger river inWest Africa Gulf of Guinea inNigeria )Masculine inan., hard o-stem nominative Níger genitive Nígera singular nominative(imenovȃlnik) Níger genitive(rodȋlnik) Nígera dative(dajȃlnik) Nígeru accusative(tožȋlnik) Níger locative(mẹ̑stnik) Nígeru instrumental(orọ̑dnik) Nígerom
“Niger Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran “Niger Termania , Amebis See also thegeneral references Niger
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Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Niger f not mutable )
Niger country inWest Africa Nigeria )Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995 ), “Niger”, inGeiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary [4] →ISBN 
