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Nigeria

Nigeria

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Meaning

[1] A state in the west of Africa

[1] ein Staat im Westen Afrikas

Examples

[1] "Nigeria has so far not been able to use its rich oil deposits for successful combating poverty"

[1] „Nigeria konnte bisher seine reichen Erdölvorkommen nicht zur erfolgreichen Armutsbekämpfung nutzen.“

With 140 million people, Nigeria is the largest country in Africa after inhabitants

[1] Mit 140 Millionen Menschen ist Nigeria das größte Land Afrikas nach Einwohnern.

[1] Abuja is the capital of Nigeriaä

[1] Abuja ist die Hauptstadt von Nigeria.
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Nigeria" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Nigeria
Genitiv (des Nigeria) (des Nigerias) Nigerias
Dativ (dem) Nigeria
Akkusativ (das) Nigeria

Pronunciation

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