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Nigerien, a. and n.
Brit. |nɪˌʒɛːrɪˈɛn|, |nʌɪˌdʒɛːrɪˈɛn|, U.S. |nɪˌʒɛriˈɛn|, |naɪˌdʒɛriˈɛn|
Forms: 19– Nigerien, 19– Nigérien
[‹ French nigérien, adjective (1921 or earlier), Nigérien, noun (1936 or earlier) > n.2) + -ien -ian suffix.]
A. adj. Of or relating to the western African country of Niger, formerly part of the Federation of French West Africa.
1966Techn. & Econ. Assistance under Foreign Assistance Act 1961 (U.S. Congress, Banking & Currency Committee) 114 The Government-established Nigerien Union for Credit and Cooperation has set up 12 regional centers and plans to establish 17 more. 1972Canad. Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 6 239 The particularly early age at marriage among Nigérien women is explained by the marital customs of the two groups interviewed (Hausa, Djerma-Songhay). 1994J. Otto & K. Elbow in R. M. Wright et al. Nat. Connections x. 241 Dedicated Nigerien forestry personnel. 2004Miami Herald (Nexis) 14 Nov. 1 j, On a ferry crossing the Niger River, they clustered to us... In the Nigerien village of Boubon, they followed us like a kite tail.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Niger.
1967V. T. Le Vine Polit. Leadership in Afr. iii. 31 In five years or so—after the jobs currently occupied by Frenchmen were filled by Nigeriens—a problem might arise. 1972Washington Post 12 July a27 Nigeriens are without doubt among the most sharing people in the world. 1998G. Shortland Polygamy vi. 80 The Nigerians periodically deported all their Nigeriens, heaving them all back across the border into Niger. 2001A. Grimshaw Ethnographer's Eye (2003) vi. 98 The sound was recorded separately by..a Nigerien whom Rouch had met..almost ten years earlier. |