English adjective: Nigerian | |||
1. | Nigerian of or relating to Nigeria | ||
Samples | The Nigerian capital used to be Lagos. | ||
2. | Nigerian of or relating to the people of Nigeria | ||
Samples | A Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year. | ||
Synonyms | Nigerien | ||
English noun: Nigerian | |||
1. | Nigerian (person) a native or inhabitant of Nigeria | ||
Broader (hypernym) | African | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Edo, Hausa, Haussa, Igbo, Yoruba | ||
Member meronym | Federal Republic of Nigeria, Nigeria | ||