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Nigeria

noun

A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country. Synonym: Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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capital of Nigeria

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"Nigeria" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the Labour project. It is something very different, I know, from the nightmare of an international police of cosmopolitan scoundrels in nondescript uniforms, hastening to loot and ravish his dear Uganda and his beloved Nigeria, which distresses the crumpled pillow of Sir Harry Johnston. But if it is not the solution, then it is up to him and his fellow authorities to tell us what is the solution ...

— In The Fourth Year - Anticipations of a World Peace (1918) • H.G. Wells

... was known locally as 'a railhead.' When I persisted and wanted to know the name of the creek, nobody knew, but they said it was one of the channels of the Niger River. Then, I argued in my bookish way, Port Duluth must be in Nigeria. But this wasn't so certain at all. I became acquainted with the ragged edge of the British Empire. I gathered that the boundaries were not entirely settled, but that when the railway was carried along some watershed ...

— Aliens • William McFee

Words linked to "Nigeria" : Africa, Katsina, Ibadan, African nation, Lagos, African country, Abuja, Niger River, al Sunna Wal Jamma, Followers of the Phrophet, Maiduguri, Zaria, Niger, Yerwa-Maiduguri