Tom was scammed by Nigerian scammers.
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Nigerian
//naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən//
Synonyms for "nigerian" (1 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
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2 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 30 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- Nigeries adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Nigeriër noun (person)
Akan
1 entries- Alata noun (person)
Asturian
3 entries- nixerianu adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nixeriana noun (person)
- nixerianu noun (person)
Bulgarian
2 entries- нигери́йски adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- нигериец noun (person)
Catalan
2 entries- nigerià adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nigerià noun (person)
Czech
2 entries- nigerijský adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Nigerijec noun (person)
Dutch
4 entries- Nigeriaans adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Nigeriaanse adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Nigeriaan noun (person)
- Nigeriaanse noun (person)
Esperanto
2 entries- niĝerianino noun (person)
- niĝeriano noun (person)
Finnish
2 entries- nigerialainen adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nigerialainen noun (person)
French
3 entries- nigérian adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Nigérian noun (person)
- Nigériane noun (person)
Galician
2 entries- nixeriano adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nixeriano noun (person)
German
3 entries- nigerianisch adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Nigerianer noun (person)
- Nigerianerin noun (person)
Hawaiian
2 entries- Naigeria adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Naigeria noun (person)
Irish
2 entries- Nigéarach adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Nigéarach noun (person)
Italian
2 entries- nigeriano adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nigeriano noun (person)
Japanese
1 entries- ナイジェリア人 noun (person)
Lithuanian
2 entries- nigerietis noun (person)
- nigerietė noun (person)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- nigeriansk adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nigerianer noun (person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- nigeriansk adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nigerian noun (person)
- nigerianar noun (person)
Nupe
1 entries- Nàjéríyàci noun (person)
Polish
3 entries- nigeryjski adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Nigeryjczyk noun (person)
- Nigeryjka noun (person)
Portuguese
2 entries- nigeriano adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nigeriano noun (person)
Romanian
3 entries- nigerian adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nigerian noun (person)
- nigeriană noun (person)
Russian
3 entries- нигери́йский adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- нигери́ец noun (person)
- нигери́йка noun (person)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- nigerijski adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Nigerijac noun (person)
- Nigerijka noun (person)
Spanish
2 entries- nigeriano adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- nigeriano noun (person)
Swahili
2 entries- Kinigeria adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- Mnigeria noun (person)
Swedish
1 entries- nigeriansk adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
Turkish
1 entries- Nijeryalı noun (person)
Yoruba
2 entries- Nàìjíríà adj (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
- ọmọ Nàìjíríà noun (person)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It's a classic Nigerian 419 scam.
Source: tatoeba (1801644)
It's a classic Nigerian booby-trap.
Source: tatoeba (2318146)
Are they Nigerian?
Source: tatoeba (7561675)
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