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# nigerien

«nigerien» in Mova's school dictionary: **From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Nigerien); noun (a Nigerien, Nigeriens)

### meaning for a pupil

1) From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/#m1)

2) (noun) A person from Niger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in geography and news about Niger, a large, hot country mostly covered by the Sahara Desert, whose capital is Niamey. The River Niger flows through it.

### examples

- A Nigerien family moved into our street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/#x1)
- Nigerien farmers grow millet in dry soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/#x2)
- The Nigerien capital is Niamey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/#x3)
- Many Nigeriens speak French and Hausa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/#x4)
- The Nigerien desert has camel caravans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/#x5)
- We read about Nigerien schoolchildren in our geography book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/#x6)

### note

Trap: Niger and Nigeria are different countries. A person from Niger is "Nigerien" (said "nee-ZHAIR-ee-en"); a person from Nigeria is "Nigerian". Always a capital N.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nigerien» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.