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Origin and history of Niger
Niger
African nation, named for the riverNiger, mentioned by that name 1520s (Leo Africanus), probably an alteration (by influence of Latinniger "black") of a local Tuareg name,egereou n-igereouen, fromegereou "big river, sea" +n-igereouen, plural of that word. Translated in Arabic asnahr al-anhur "river of rivers."
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