Niger
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- proper noun
- /ˈnaɪdʒər/
:
río Níger
- Now, regional agreements over basins such as the Senegal River basin and the Niger River basin in West Africa are including the international principles of no significant harm and prior notification.
- Niger River
- Niger Delta
- Lower Niger
Examples
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The manuscript described the Niger, or Quorra, River as the main trade route between Sokoto and the coast.
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A diviner advised the Doumbia to move northeast across the Niger River, where they would be delivered from Samory's rule and beyond his army's reach.
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You know, we lived right by the Niger River and we thought we could make it good, but it was kind of late.
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The water in the Niger River is being poisoned.
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I hear about a couple of American boys and their fancy yacht getting in some trouble on the Niger.
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In the dry season, the summer, they would bring their herds closer to the Niger to graze.
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The Ijo set their ritual calendar according to the rise and fall of the Niger River and associate its floodwaters with pollution.
Academic text (2003) -
Lannoy's maps of the upper Senegal and Niger rivers illustrate French expansion into West Africa during the late nineteenth century.
Academic text (1994) -
Southwest, upriver on the Niger, one encounters the city of Mopti, as old as Timbuktu, and the more ancient city of Djenn.
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The Niger River flows through several countries before emptying into the Gulf of Guinea.
Synonyms
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A large river in western Africa that flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Compounds
- Specialized
A perennial plant from Europe and North Africa whose leaves turn black when dried
- Specialized
A layer of dark tissue in the middle of the brain that helps control movement
- Specialized
An evergreen plant with white or purple flowers that bloom in winter
- Specialized
A poisonous plant also called henbane with sticky, hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers that can cause hallucinations if eaten
- Specialized
A large fish that lives in the lower Mississippi River, often called the black buffalo
- Archaic
A family of languages spoken in parts of Africa south of the Sahara, including Swahili and Fula
- Specialized
A large family of languages spoken across much of Africa south of the Sahara, like Swahili and Yoruba
A country in West Africa with no coast that is mostly covered by the Sahara Desert
- Specialized
A large squirrel that lives in trees in eastern and central United States often called a fox squirrel
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Niger for the river probably comes from an old local African name for the waterway, and that name was later used on maps by early visitors. One popular way to remember the river is to think of the Latin niger 'black' that explorers sometimes wrote down, but the true origin likely comes from the local languages, which is why the river still carries the name Niger today.