nigerien

«nigerien» in Mova's school dictionary: From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (Nigerien); noun (a Nigerien, Nigeriens)

meaning for a pupil

1) From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa. tree →

2) (noun) A person from Niger. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in geography and news about Niger, a large, hot country mostly covered by the Sahara Desert, whose capital is Niamey. The River Niger flows through it.

examples

• A Nigerien family moved into our street. tree →
• Nigerien farmers grow millet in dry soil. tree →
• The Nigerien capital is Niamey. tree →
• Many Nigeriens speak French and Hausa. tree →
• The Nigerien desert has camel caravans. tree →
• We read about Nigerien schoolchildren in our geography book. tree →

note

Trap: Niger and Nigeria are different countries. A person from Niger is "Nigerien" (said "nee-ZHAIR-ee-en"); a person from Nigeria is "Nigerian". Always a capital N.

Trees and pragmatics

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