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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ni•ge•ri•a (nī jēr′ē ə),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations;
formerly a British colony and protectorate. 107,129,469;
356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km).[Cap.:]Abuja. Official name, Fed′eral Repub′lic of Nige′ria.
Ni•ge′ri•an, adj., n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Nigeria /naɪˈdʒɪərɪə/ n - a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: Lagos annexed by the British in 1861; protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria formed in 1900 and united as a colony in 1914; gained independence as a member of the Commonwealth in 1960 (membership suspended from 1995 to 1999 following human rights violations); Eastern Region seceded as the Republic of Biafra for the duration of the severe civil war (1967–70); ruled by military governments from 1966. It consists of a belt of tropical rain forest in the south, with semidesert in the extreme north and highlands in the east; the main export is petroleum. Official language: English; Hausa, Ibo, and Yoruba are the chief regional languages. Religion: animist, Muslim, and Christian. Currency: naira. Capital: Abuja. Pop: 127 117 000 (2004 est). Area: 923 773 sq km (356 669 sq miles)
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