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Definition of Niger

1. Noun. An African river; flows into the South Atlantic.

2. Noun. A landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert.

Definition of Niger

1. Proper noun. A country in Western Africa situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of Niger. ¹

2. Proper noun. A river in Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria. ¹

3. Noun. An herb, ''Guizotia abyssinica'', from Ethiopia, grown for its seed and edible oil ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Niger

1. a Negro [n -S] - See also: Negro

Medical Definition of Niger

1. A republic in western africa, north of nigeria and west of chad. Its capital is niamey. It was first explored by the europeans in the late 18th century. It became part of the french sphere of influence in the latter part of the 19th century and was formally constituted as part of french west africa in 1904. Nigeria gained independence in 1960. The country took its name from the river niger flowing through it. The river's name came from the tuareg egereou n-igereouen, river of rivers, the second part of the name giving the modern european form niger. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Niger

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nigella nigellas nigellone niger (current term) nigeria nigericin nigerose nigers nigga please niggah

niggahs niggard niggarded niggarding niggardise niggardish niggardliest

Literary usage of Niger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"4031 Régime du niger: H. Bussen, V. 283 t Source of the niger ... 227 Bend of niger—Dane la boucle du niger, XI. 951 ; XII. ..."

2. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1899)
"He first marched against niger, whose reputation and power he the most ... In private, he spoke of niger, his old friend and intended successor,44 with the ..."

3. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1881)
"He first marched against niger, whose reputation and power he the most ... In private, he spoke of niger, his old friend and intended successor,44 with the ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In 1800 the Royal niger Company had concluded a treaty with the emir and chiefs of Bussa (or ... His presence there was notified to the Royal niger Company, ..."

5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"The most important of them are known by the names of ‘Liber niger,' the Black Book; ... The principal contents of the ‘ Liber niger' are the Dialogus dii ..."

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