Nigerians
Sayny-JEER-ee-uhnzUS/naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiənz/UK/naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪənz/
- 1Plural of Nigerian.
Millions of Nigerians live and work in cities across the country.
The festival drew Nigerians from every region to the capital.
Note
Only the noun takes this plural. Nigerian is also an adjective meaning of or from Nigeria, its people or its culture, and as an adjective it never changes form: Nigerian writers, Nigerian music, never Nigerians writers. The noun covers people of Nigerian descent as well as people from the country, so the plural naturally takes in communities living abroad.
Nigerians is a form of Nigerian
Nigerian, noun: A person who comes from Nigeria or who has Nigerian ancestry. Full entry
- Forms
- NigerianNigerians plural
- Spelling
- Nigerian → Nigerians: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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