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NIGERIEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Niger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nigerien" is a kind of...):
African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
Holonyms ("Nigerien" is a member of...):
Niger; Republic of Niger (a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the people of Nigeria
Example:
a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year
Synonyms:
Nigerian; Nigerien
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)
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