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nigeria

UK/naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə/US/naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiə/
nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,542 of 15,258mostly written

Nigeria is Africa's most populated country, famous for its film industry. Travel to Nigeria, from Nigeria, the north of Nigeria.

Its film industry, Nollywood, makes more titles a year than almost anywhere and is watched across the continent. More than five hundred languages are spoken there, with English as the official one. Note that the country is named after the river Niger, whose own name is of uncertain origin.

Definitions of nigeria

  1. 1nounnigeriaThe most populous country in Africa.B1+

    “Nigeria has the largest population of any country in Africa.”

nigeria is a country.

Where it comes from

Nigeria comes from Niger + -ia., coined by Flora Shaw in 1897.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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