Search Result for "niger":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. an African river; flows into the South Atlantic;
[syn: Niger, Niger River]
2. a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert;
[syn: Niger, Republic of Niger]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Niger black, a surname of Simeon (Acts 13:1). He was probably so called from his dark complexion.Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Niger, black
