Niger

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Country in Africa

Nigrītānia, Nigrītāniae, f

Noun [Cite]

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nigrītānia
Genitive Nigrītāniae
Dative Nigrītāniae
Accusative Nigrītāniam
Ablative Nigrītāniā
Vocative Nigrītānia


Alternative forms:

Nigerium

Etymology:

  • Commonly linked by folk etymology to Latin niger (“black”), which likely influenced the modern spelling.
  • Some sources give the term to Tuareg roots, deriving it from a claimed gher n-gheren or ì-ɡərw-ɑn.
  • Older sources derive Niger, via a series of mistranslations and geographic misplacements by Greek, Roman and Arab geographers, from Ptolemy's descriptions of the wadi Gir (in modern Algeria) and the "Lower Gir" (or "Ni-Gir") to the south (which may both derive from the same source as ì-ɡərw-ɑn).

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Rēs pūblica Nigrītāna, Reī pūblicae Nigrītānae, f

Noun [Cite]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /reːs ˈpuː.bli.ka ni.ɡriːˈtaː.na/, [reːs̠ ˈpuːblʲɪkä nɪɡriːˈt̪äːnä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /res ˈpu.bli.ka ni.ɡriˈta.na/, [rɛs ˈpuːblikä niɡriˈt̪äːnä]

Meaning:

Long form of Nigrītānia

Declension

Fifth-declension noun with a first-declension noun with a first-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Rēs pūblica Nigrītāna
Genitive Reī pūblicae Nigrītānae
Dative Reī pūblicae Nigrītānae
Accusative Rem pūblicam Nigrītānam
Ablative Rē pūblicā Nigrītānā
Vocative Rēs pūblica Nigrītāna


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