English word senses marked with place category "Nigeria"

Parent categories: Africa, Earth, Nature
Subcategories: Abia State, Nigeria, Adamawa State, Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Anambra State, Nigeria, Bauchi State, Nigeria, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, Benue State, Nigeria, Borno State, Nigeria, Cross River State, Nigeria, Delta State, Nigeria, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Edo State, Nigeria, Ekiti State, Nigeria, Enugu State, Nigeria, Gombe State, Nigeria, Imo State, Nigeria, Jigawa State, Nigeria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, Kano State, Nigeria, Katsina State, Nigeria, Kebbi State, Nigeria, Kogi State, Nigeria, Kwara State, Nigeria, Lagos State, Nigeria, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Niger State, Nigeria, Ogun State, Nigeria, Ondo State, Nigeria, Osun State, Nigeria, Oyo State, Nigeria, Plateau State, Nigeria, Rivers State, Sokoto State, Nigeria, Taraba State, Nigeria, Yobe State, Nigeria, Zamfara State, Nigeria

Total 68 word senses

Abia (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South East geopolitical zone. Capital: Umuahia. Largest city: Aba.
Adamawa (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Yola.
Akwa Ibom (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Uyo.
Anambra (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Awka.
Bauchi (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Bauchi City.
Bayelsa (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Yenagoa.
Benue (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Makurdi.
Borno (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Maiduguri.
Bornu (Proper name) An independent kingdom (1380-1893), descended from the Kanem–Bornu Empire (700-1380), that covered much of modern Chad and parts of Libya, Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon
Bornuese (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Bornu.
Cross River (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Calabar.
Delta (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital: Asaba. Largest city: Warri.
Ebonyi (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Abakaliki.
Edo (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Benin City.
Ekiti (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ado Ekiti.
Enugu (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Enugu City.
Esanland (Proper name) The homeland of the Esan people in southwestern Nigeria.
Federal Republic of Nigeria (Proper name) The official name of Nigeria.
Gombe (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Gombe City.
Harcourtian (Noun) A native or resident of Port Harcourt.
Igboland (Proper name) The homeland of the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria.
Imo (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Owerri.
Jigawa (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Dutse.
Kaduna (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kaduna City.
Kano (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kano City.
Katsina (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Katsina City.
Kebbi (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital: Birnin Kebbi.
Kogi (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Lokoja.
Kwara (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ilorin.
Lagos (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital: Ikeja. Largest city: Lagos City.
Lagosian (Adjective) Of or relating to Lagos in Nigeria.
Lagosian (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Lagos in Nigeria.
MINT (Proper name) Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey.
Naija (Proper name) Nigeria (a country in West Africa)
Nasarawa (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Lafia.
Next Eleven (Proper name) Eleven countries – Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam – identified in 2005 as having high potential of joining the BRICS countries as some of the world's largest economies in the 21st century.
Niger (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Minna.
Nigeria (Proper name) A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos.
Nigerian (Noun) A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
Nigerian (Adjective) Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
Nigerian time (Noun) A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Nigerians, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.
Nigerianization (Noun) The process in which someone or something becomes Nigerian.
Niggeria (Proper name) Nigeria.
Niggerian (Noun) A Nigerian.
Niggerian (Adjective) Nigerian.
Nollywood (Proper name) The Nigerian film industry.
Ogoniland (Proper name) The region of southeastern Nigeria inhabited by the Ogoni people.
Ogun (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Abeokuta.
Ondo (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Akure.
Osun (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital: Osogbo. Largest city: Ife.
Oyo (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ibadan.
Plateau (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Jos.
Riverian (Adjective) Of or relating to Rivers State in Nigeria.
Riverian (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Rivers State in Nigeria.
Rivers State (Proper name) A state in southeastern Nigeria. Capital: Port Harcourt.
Rivers State (Proper name) A part of the old Eastern Region of Nigeria that is now Rivers State.
Sokoto (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Sokoto City.
Taraba (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Jalingo.
Trans-Amadi (Proper name) A neighborhood of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Yobe (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital: Damaturu. Largest city: Potiskum.
Zamfara (Proper name) A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Gusau.
chittim (Noun) A Nigerian currency.
kobo (Noun) A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Nigerian naira.
naira (Noun) The official currency of Nigeria, which replaced the pound in 1973; the principal denomination of the currency, equal to 100 kobo.
112 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and S…
112 (Proper name) The telephone number for ambulance services in Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, and Burkina Faso.
112 (Proper name) The telephone number for law enforcement in South Korea, Norway, Colombia, Serbia, Lebanon, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, and Mauritius.
112 (Proper name) The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Equatorial Guinea and Nauru.

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