NIGERIEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nigerien mean? 

• NIGERIEN (noun)
  The noun NIGERIEN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Niger

  Familiarity information: NIGERIEN used as a noun is very rare.

• NIGERIEN (adjective)
  The adjective NIGERIEN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the people of Nigeria

  Familiarity information: NIGERIEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGERIEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Niger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nigerien" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Nigerien" is a member of...):

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)

• NIGERIEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the people of Nigeria

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Nigerian; Nigerien

Context example:

a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year

Pertainym:

Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)