niger

UK/ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/US/ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speech — nigeria sits at #9,542mostly written

Niger is a landlocked Saharan country whose capital is Niamey. The Niger border.

It is named after the river, which barely touches its south-western corner. Niger and Nigeria are separate countries, and the river runs through both.

Definitions of niger

1nounnigerLandlocked Saharan country whose capital is Niamey.C1
“Most of Niger is desert and most of the people live in the south.”

niger is a country.

Where it comes from

Named from the river Niger, whose own name is of disputed origin and is recorded in Latin as Nigris.

Latin
Nigris
English, today
niger

From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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niger

UK/ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/US/ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speech — nigeria sits at #9,542mostly written

Niger is a landlocked Saharan country whose capital is Niamey. The Niger border.

It is named after the river, which barely touches its south-western corner. Niger and Nigeria are separate countries, and the river runs through both.

Definitions of niger

1nounnigerLandlocked Saharan country whose capital is Niamey.C1
“Most of Niger is desert and most of the people live in the south.”

niger is a country.

Where it comes from

Named from the river Niger, whose own name is of disputed origin and is recorded in Latin as Nigris.

Latin
Nigris
English, today
niger

From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA