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    Nigerian
    adjective
    of or relating to Nigeria or its inhabitants.
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    nigerian
    adjective
    of or relating to Nigeria or its inhabitants

Nigerian

American  
[nahy-jeer-ee-uhn] / naɪˈdʒɪər i ən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Nigeria or its inhabitants.


noun

Nigerians plural
  1. a native or inhabitant of Nigeria.

nigerian British  
/ naɪˈdʒɪərɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Nigeria or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Nigeria

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Born in Hammersmith to a Nigerian father and a French-Algerian mother, Olise is the first player to provide five or more assists at a single World Cup tournament since 1994.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to allow states to create their own police forces, following lower chamber passage earlier this month of what could be a potentially sweeping security reform.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

Star striker Folarin Balogun, who scored two goals in the opening game victory over Paraguay, was born in Brooklyn in 2001 to a Nigerian mother visiting New York from London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

The line-up of speakers at the three-day event included the leaders of Barbados, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Namibia and Liberia, alongside Nigerian Nobel literature prize winner and global rights activist Wole Soyinka.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

“We’ll go to Sidcot Hall and the French school, and also look at some Nigerian schools like Crown Day,” Kosi said, and looked at him with a plea.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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