|
|
1. (n.) Niger
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 9,962,242; 489,141 sq. mi. (1,267,000 sq. km).
2. Niger
a river in W Africa, rising in S Guinea and flowing into the Gulf of Guinea. 2600 mi. (4185 km) long.
|
| Definition of 'Niger' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) Niger, Niger River
an African river; flows into the South Atlantic
2. (noun) Niger, Republic of Niger
a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert
|
| Definitions of 'Niger' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
|
1. Niger
a great river of Western Africa, whose head-waters rise amid the Kong Mountains behind Sierra Leone; flowing NE. as far as Timbuctoo (2 m. from the river), it there bends gradually southward, receives from the E. its great affluent the Benuë, and about 100 m. from the coast begins to form a wide forest and jungle-covered delta (larger than that of the Nile), and finally flows into the Gulf of Guinea by 22 mouths after a course of some 2600 m. Forms, with the Benuë, an invaluable highway into the heart of the country; its upper and middle parts, under the names Joliba, &c., are within the French sphere, and the lower portion below Say is under English authority.
|
| Definition of 'Niger' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
|
1. Niger
A republic in western Africa, north of NIGERIA and west of CHAD. Its capital is Niamey.
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'Niger' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of Niger 
