nigerian

«nigerian» in Mova's school dictionary: from or connected with Nigeria, a large country in West… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Nigerian); noun (a Nigerian, Nigerians)

meaning for a pupil

1) Nigerian means from or connected with Nigeria, a large country in West Africa. tree →

2) (noun) A Nigerian is a person from Nigeria. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, many languages such as Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa, and English as its official language. In everyday life, Nigerian food like jollof rice, Nigerian music (Afrobeats) and Nigerian films (Nollywood) are popular worldwide. Common phrases: «Nigerian food», «Nigerian English», «Nigerian music».

examples

• My best friend's family is Nigerian. tree →
• Jollof rice is a famous Nigerian dish. tree →
• Lagos is the biggest Nigerian city. tree →
• Many Nigerian films are made in Nollywood. tree →
• The Nigerian football team are called the Super Eagles. tree →
• Nigerian English has its own special words. tree →
• Our class learned a Nigerian song. tree →

note

Always a capital N: Nigerian. Do not mix up Nigeria and Niger, a different country next to it; people from Niger are called «Nigerien». Say nye-JEER-ee-an.

In the corpora

• In Nigerian English "I'm coming" can mean "I'll be back soon" when someone steps out of a room.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nigerian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.