NIGGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nigga mean? 

• NIGGA (noun)
  The noun NIGGA has 1 sense:

1. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person

  Familiarity information: NIGGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

jigaboo; nigga; nigger; nigra; coon; spade

Context example:

only a Black can call another Black a nigga

Hypernyms ("nigga" is a kind of...):

Black; Black person; blackamoor; Negro; Negroid (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa))

Domain usage:

ethnic slur (a slur on someone's race or language)