NIGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Niger mean? 

• NIGER (noun)
  The noun NIGER has 2 senses:

1. an African river; flows into the South Atlantic

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

  Familiarity information: NIGER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An African river; flows into the South Atlantic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Niger; Niger River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Niger" is a part of...):

Benin; Dahomey; Republic of Benin (a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control)

French Guinea; Guinea; Republic of Guinea (a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958)

French Sudan; Mali; Republic of Mali (a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years)

Niger; Republic of Niger (a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert)

Federal Republic of Nigeria; Nigeria (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Niger; Republic of Niger

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Niger"):

capital of Niger; Niamey (the capital and largest city of Niger)

Niger; Niger River (an African river; flows into the South Atlantic)

Meronyms (members of "Niger"):

Nigerien (a native or inhabitant of Niger)

Holonyms ("Niger" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Derivation:

Nigerian (of or relating to the people of Nigeria)

Nigerian (of or relating to Nigeria)

 Context examples 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Peptococcus niger.

(Peptococcus niger, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in central Africa, south of Libya, between Niger and Sudan.

(Chad, NCI Thesaurus)

P. niger is commensal to the human intestinal tract and has been isolated from the human naval and urine of adult women.

(Peptococcus niger, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt of a belladonna alkaloid derivative and the levorotatory form of racemic atropine isolated from the plants Hyoscyamus niger or Atropa belladonna, which exhibits anticholinergic activity.

(Hyoscyamine Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A belladonna alkaloid derivative and the levorotatory form of racemic atropine isolated from the plants Hyoscyamus niger or Atropa belladonna, which exhibits anticholinergic activity.

(Hyoscyamine, NCI Thesaurus)