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Where does “ナイジェリア” come from?

ナイジェリア (Japanese) comes from English Nigeria, from English niger, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

ナイジェリア (Japanese): Nigeria

Definitions

  1. Nigeria

Ancestry of “ナイジェリア”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNigeria—
2EnglishnigerAn Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for...
3LatinNiger—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
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