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Meaning of Niger | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1

[ˈnɪ.ɡɛr]

Definitions

A Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
declension-2, masculine
Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
declension-3, masculine, singular

Equivalents

English black

Examples

“(Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger)http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3DNi^ger2”

“Efficit autem hoc suo flexu, ut etiam ultra Athlantem Africa ad usque Nigrim fluuium excurrat, Plinio & Ptolemaeo.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Nigeria Nigeriae Nigeriam Nigidia Nigidiānus Nigidius

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