Nigerian

Examples

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• Indeed, being Nigerian and Yoruba is how he is British.

  Academic text (2001)

• The study also estimated that 10,000 Nigerians are now employed in the United States alone.

  Academic text (2002)

• I am American and I am Nigerian, so I am African American.

• Those are the Nigerians I was telling you about, man.

  Sugar Hill (1994)

• The Nigerians are keeping the peace.

  Beasts of No Nation (2015)

• As before, however, Nigerians will put this behind them and wait for another chance.

  Academic text (1993)

• There are very few Nigerians whose field of research interest is the South.

  Academic text (1993)

• When the two parties were created, Nigerians were urged to become party members.

  Academic text (1990)

• Today, the teaching profession is no longer attractive to many Nigerians as it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

  Academic text (2005)

• Despite these setbacks, there are Nigerians who are honest and willing to do legitimate business.

  Blog text (10)

Synonyms

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African

vsNigerian

46 1.0

A person from the continent of Africa

is more specific, meaning a person from one country within that continent

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology