FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Federal Republic of Nigeria mean? 

• FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (noun)
  The noun FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country

  Familiarity information: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Federal Republic of Nigeria; Nigeria

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Federal Republic of Nigeria"):

Abuja; capital of Nigeria; Nigerian capital (capital of Nigeria in the center of the country)

Ibadan (a large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university)

Katsina (a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people)

Lagos (chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria)

Maiduguri; Yerwa-Maiduguri (a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center)

Zaria (a city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center)

Niger; Niger River (an African river; flows into the South Atlantic)

Meronyms (members of "Federal Republic of Nigeria"):

Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)

Domain member region:

al Sunna Wal Jamma; Followers of the Prophet (a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks)

Holonyms ("Federal Republic of Nigeria" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Holonyms ("Federal Republic of Nigeria" is a member of...):

OPEC; Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum)