Niger.
Niger; a country in West Africa, Africa, a landlocked country in West Africa, with Niamey as its capital.
Meaning & usage
Niger; a country in West Africa, Africa, a landlocked country in West Africa, with Niamey as its capital.
Store deler av Niger består av ørken og halvørken.
Niger; a river in Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria, Africa, a major river in West Africa, flowing from Guinea through Mali and Niger into Nigeria, where it empties into the Gulf of Guinea.
Niger renner gjennom flere land i Vest-Afrika.
Where this word comes from
Internationalism, based on French Niger, the French name of the country and the Niger River. The country is named after the river. The river name has been variously explained. Store norske leksikon derives it from Tuareg n'igherren (“flowing water; river”). Another commonly cited analysis connects it with a Tuareg expression egereou n-igereouen, literally “river of rivers”. The exact historical form and deeper origin of the river name are uncertain. The modern European spelling was probably influenced by Latin niger (“black”), but the river name is not generally considered to derive from the Latin adjective. Parallel international forms include Norwegian Nynorsk Niger, Danish Niger, Swedish Niger, German Niger and English Niger.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.