Nigerian

From Nigeria +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/, /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪɹiən

Nigerian (plural Nigerians)

1. A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
   • 2010, Harry N. Agina, The Invasion of the Funky Pastors: Church Business at War with African Culture, Author House, →ISBN, page 119:

     For the same reasons that many Nigerians troop to churches in recent times, many also seek spiritual intervention through African traditional religions.

   • 2012, Steve Carlos, Behind the Firing Line:

     'No meat!' The Nigerian, who grew up knowing that ponmo or cowskin was popular on the menu list back home, heard the Chadians carry on, and pretending there was nothing scary about the promotion of ponmo as a national delicacy, replied suavely, 'Meat certainly is not all a man lives for, or is it, gentlemen?'

   • 2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     He added that Nigerians were also pained watching their leaders live in luxury while they struggled to make ends meet.

• Nigerian is distinguished from Nigerien, which denotes a person from Niger.

• Nigerianize
• Nigerianization
• Niggerian (offensive)

Nigerian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
   • 2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 70:

     There was some languidness latent in the Nigerian atmosphere that made her forget the meaning of time passing.

   • 2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     One protester in the Nigerian capital told the national Channels Television that he was forced to join the Thursday protests due to hunger.

• Nigerien
• Nigerois

• arginine, geraniin

Nigerian

1. genitive singular of Nigeria