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Nigerian

Nigerian

11 1.3
A person born in or living in Nigeria
  • noun
  • /naɪˈdʒɪr.i.ən/
: nigeriano
  • At the festival, I met several Nigerians who shared stories about their homeland.

I've always wanted to do aviation and I don't like how airlines treat Nigerians when they travel.

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Examples

  • So most of the time when I come to your channel, I don't see a lot of Nigerians, a lot of Africans.

  • These are pictures of Nigerians from Nigeria.

  • Who is the best Nigerian footballer to have ever lived?

  • My father, my father is a proud Nigerian man who came to this country and took his citizenship test and pays his taxes.

  • But Nigerians, if you know you, you'd say, you know, they have their choice of names is so fantastic.

  • But we are undervalued and I feel that if I weren't Nigerian or African, it might be different.

  • Other factors such as ethnic, tribal group, religion, region or geography, those are the things that shaped the visions within Nigerian society.

  • The Nigerian artist showcased her work at the international gallery.

  • Many Nigerians take great pride in their rich cultural traditions.

Surface Forms

Nigerian singular
Nigerians plural

Morphology

Nigerian = Nigeria (transparent) = Nigeria + an

A standard demonym/noun formed from the country name 'Nigeria' with '-an', so the link to Nigeria and the meaning 'a person from Nigeria' is straightforward.

Etymology

Nigerian comes from the country name Nigeria, which is named after the River Niger. The ending -an means 'from' or 'belonging to', so a Nigerian is a person 'from Nigeria'.