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Nigeria

Definition: Nigeria

Nigeria

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Nigeria" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references)



Synonym: Nigeria

Synonym: Federal Republic of Nigeria (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Nigeria

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Nigeria is a country in West Africa. Major cities include the capital Abuja, Lagos, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Port Harcourt.

Federal Republic of Nigeria
coat of arms
(In Detail) (Full size)
National motto: Peace and Unity, Strength and Progress
Official language English
Capital Abuja
President Olusegun Obasanjo
Area
 - Total
 - % water
Ranked 31st
923,768 km²
1.4%
Population
 - Total
 - Density
Ranked 9th
129,934,911 (July 2002 est.)
141/km²
Independence
 - Date
From the United Kingdom
October 1, 1960
Currency Naira
Time zone UTC +1
National anthem Arise Oh Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey
Internet TLD.NG
Calling Code234

History

Main article: History of Nigeria

The Kanem-Bornu Empire near Lake Chad dominated northern Nigeria for over 600 years, prospering as a terminal of north-south trade between North African Berbers and forest people. In the early 19th century, Usman dan Fodio brought most areas in the north under the loose control of an Islamic empire centered in Sokoto.

The kingdoms of Oyo in the southwest, and Benin in the southeast both devoloped elaborate systems of political organization in the 16th and 17th centuries. Benin is noted for its prized artistic works in ivory, wood, bronze, and brass.

In the 17th through 19th centuries, European traders established coastal ports for the increasing traffic in slaves destined for the Americas. Commodity trade replaced slave trade in the 19th century.

The Royal Niger Company was chartered by the British government in 1886. Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901, and a colony in 1914. In response to the growth of Nigerian nationalism following World War II, the British moved the colony towards self-government on a federal basis.

Nigeria was granted full independence in 1960, as a federation of three regions, each retaining a substantial measure of self-government.

In 1966, two succesive coups by different groups of army officers brought the country under military rule. The leaders of the second coup tried to increase the power of the federal government, and replaced the regional governments with 12 state governments. The Igbos, the dominant ethnic group in the eastern region, declared independence as the Republic of Biafra in 1967, leading to a bloody civil war which ended with their defeat in 1970.

In 1975, a bloodless coup brought Murtala Ramat Mohammed to power, who promised a return to civilian rule. However, he was killed in an abortive coup, and succeeded by his chief of staff, Olusegun Obasanjo. A new constitution was drafted in 1977, and elections were held in 1979, which were won by Shehu Shagari.

Nigeria returned to military government in 1983, by a coup which established the Supreme Military Council as the country's new ruling body. After elections in 1993 which were canceled by the military government, General Sani Abacha took power. When he died suddenly in 1998 Abdulsalami Abubakar became leader of the SMC, now known as the Provisional Ruling Council. He lifted the suspension of the 1979 constitution, and in 1999, Nigeria elected Olusegun Obasanjo as President in its first elections in 16 years. Obsanjo and his party also won the turbulent elections of 2003.

Politics

Main article: Politics of Nigeria

Nigeria is a Federal Republic, currently undergoing a transition from military to civilian rule.

States

Main article: States of Nigeria

Nigeria is divided into 36 states and 1 territory:

  • Abia
  • Adamawa
  • Akwa Ibom
  • Anambra
  • Bauchi
  • Bayelsa
  • Benue
  • Borno
  • Cross River
  • Delta
  • Ebonyi
  • Edo
  • Ekiti
  • Enugu
  • Gombe
  • Imo
  • Jigawa
  • Kaduna
  • Kano
  • Katsina
  • Kebbi
  • Kogi
  • Kwara
  • Lagos
  • Nassarawa
  • Niger
  • Ogun
  • Ondo
  • Osun
  • Oyo
  • Plateau
  • Rivers
  • Sokoto
  • Taraba
  • Yobe
  • Zamfara
  • Abuja Federal Capital Territory

Geography

Main article: Geography of Nigeria

Nigeria is located on the Gulf of Guinea. Its major cities are located in southern lowlands. The central part of the country contains hills and plateaus. The north consists of arid planes. It's neighboring countries are Benin, Niger,Chad and Cameroon.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Nigeria

The oil-rich Nigerian economy, long hobbled by political instability, corruption, and poor macroeconomic management, is undergoing substantial economic reform under the new civilian administration. Nigeria's former military rulers failed to diversify the economy away from overdependence on the capital-intensive oil sector, which provides 20% of GDP, 95% of foreign exchange earnings, and about 65% of budgetary revenues. The largely subsistence agricultural sector has not kept up with rapid population growth, and Nigeria, once a large net exporter of food, now must import food.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Nigeria

The most populous country in Africa, Nigeria accounts for approximately one-quarter of West Africa's people. Although less than 25% of Nigerians are urban dwellers, at least 24 cities have populations of more than 100,000. The variety of customs, languages, and traditions among Nigeria's 250 ethnic groups gives the country a rich diversity. The dominant ethnic group in the northern two-thirds of the country is the Hausa-Fulani, most of whom are Muslim. Other major ethnic groups of the north are the Nupe, Tiv, and Kanuri. The Yoruba people are predominant in the southwest.

About half of the Yorubas are Muslim and half Christian, mostly Pentecostals or members of the Church of Nigeria. The predominantly Catholic Igbo are the largest ethnic group in the southeast, with the Efik, Ibibio, and Ijaw (the country's fourth-largest ethnic group) comprising a substantial segment of the population in that area.

Persons of different language backgrounds most commonly communicate in English, although knowledge of two or more Nigerian languages is widespread. Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo are the most widely used Nigerian languages.

Culture

Main article: Culture of Nigeria

Holidays
DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks
October 1Independence Day

Miscellaneous topics

External Links


Countries of the world  |  Africa

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nigeria."

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Crosswords: Nigeria

English words defined with "Nigeria": Abuja, Aku, AngasBade, Biu-Mandara, Bokkos, Bolanci, bolecapital of NigeriaDaffoFederal Republic of NigeriaHausa, HaussaIbadanKatsina, KwaLagosMaiduguri, modernisation, modernizationnaira, Nigerian, Nigerian capital, Nigerian monetary unit, NigerienRonSayanciWarji, West ChadicYerwa-Maiduguri, YorubaZaar, Zaria. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Nigeria": Africa, WesternD-8ngthe Developing Eight Economic Cooperation Group, The NineteenYaba Monkey Tumor Virus. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Nigeria" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (Nigeria), Dutch (Nigeria), Esperanto (Nigerian), French (Nigeria), German (Nigeria, Nigeria (ng)), Italian (Nigeria), Papiamen (Nigeria), Polish (Nigeria), Samoan (Nigeria), Spanish (Nigeria), Swedish (Nigeria).

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Commercial Usage: Nigeria

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Coffee and Coffee Substitutes in Nigeria (reference)

  • A Strategic Assessment of Nigeria,1999 edition (reference)

  • Executive Report on Strategies in Nigeria, 2000 edition (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Preparations of Fish, Crustaceans, and Mollucs in Nigeria (reference)

  • The 2001 Nigeria Economic and Product Market Databook (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Culture and Customs of Nigeria (Culture and Customs of Africa) (reference)

  • For Women and the Nation: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti of Nigeria (reference)

  • Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria (reference)

  • Nigeria (Enchantment of the World. Second Series) (reference)

  • The History of Nigeria (Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Nigeria

Computer Images:
Nigeria

More images...

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Photo Album: Nigeria

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Bronze relief plaque dating from the 16th century A.D., depicting a nobleman with his high "choker" of coral beads and two attendants, from the Kingdom of Benin, S. Nigeria.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Nigeria

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

It is recognized in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, as well as Nigeria. (references)

Other countries with more than 1,000 cases annually are Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, and Ivory Coast. (references)

The cause of the illness was found to be Lassa virus, named after the town in Nigeria where the first cases originated. (references)

Business

A "major" market is defined as a country where Nigeria represents a substantially large share of either imports or exports. (references)

From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Nigeria compared to other major country markets. (references)

Most spare-parts, which are not of good quality, are imported from neighboring countries such as Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria because of their low prices. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belize

Most are Africans from Nigeria or Sierra Leone. (references)

Chad

Most Chadian refugees reside in the Niger, Libya, Sudan, Nigeria, and Cameroon. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Police and solders continued to target citizens of Cameroon, Gabon, and Nigeria. (references)

Economic History

Nigeria

There are 90 banks in Nigeria. (references)

Ukraine

Only Yugoslavia and Nigeria ranked worse. (references)

Nigeria

Rice is a basic staple of the masses in Nigeria. (references)

Human Rights

Equatorial Guinea

In previous years, these included visitors and residents from Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, and Benin. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

In December 2000, a newspaper quoting some of the hundreds of Nigerians who returned to Nigeria to escape the anti-foreigner violence reported that security forces had tortured Nigerians. (references)

Seychelles

All sitting judges were hired from other Commonwealth countries, including Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Zambia; none are citizens, with the exception of the Chief Justice, who is a naturalized citizen. (references)

Minorities

Togo

In July there were reports of ethnic violence involving ethnic Ibos from Nigeria. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Several thousand citizens of Nigeria, Ghana, and Francophone Africa continued to reside in the country. (references)

Nigeria

The Tiv, who are thought to have originated in the East African highlands, migrated to central Nigeria hundreds of years ago and are regarded as interlopers by the "indigenous" ethnic groups; however, in parts of Benue State the Tiv predominate. (references)

Political Economy

NIGERIA

Primary education is compulsory in Nigeria, though rarely enforced. (references)

NIGERIA

Nigeria has also ratified the ILO convention prohibiting forced labor. (references)

Nigeria

The Federal Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is tasked with law enforcement. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

Nigeria operates a fairly open banking system. (references)

Nigeria

All imports to Nigeria must be accompanied by Import Duty Report (IDR). (references)

Nigeria

A non-Nigerian may invest and participate in the operation of any enterprise in Nigeria. (references)

Travel

Nigeria

In Nigeria, important business is conducted face-to-face. (references)

Nigeria

A number of infectious diseases are prevalent in Nigeria. (references)

Nigeria

Most U.S. citizens who travel to Nigeria do so without incident. (references)

Worker Rights

Nigeria

Nigeria is a country of origin, transit, and destination for trafficked persons. (references)

Nigeria

Italian authorities deported several hundred sex workers to Nigeria during the year. (references)

Burkina Faso

Destinations for trafficked Burkinabe children include Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Nigeria

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Nigeria is the largest country in Black Africa and the second largest oil supplier to the United States.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria, and passing the African Trade and Development Act.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Nigeria

"Nigeria" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nigeria" is used about 758 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%7589,037

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Nigeria

Expressions using "Nigeria": capital of Nigeria federal Republic of Nigeria. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nigeria

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

nigeria

3,332

nigeria news

795

lagos nigeria

608

nigeria newspaper

225

calling card nigeria

224

nigeria phone card

215

nigeria map

177

nigeria today

160

prepaid phone card nigeria

135

nigeria hotel

129

discount phone card to nigeria

124

central bank of nigeria

109

nigeria world

109

abuja nigeria

88

nigeria prepaid calling card

88

guardian nigeria

86

nigeria discount calling card

85

nigeria phone

66

international phone card to nigeria

66

nigeria picture

62
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Nigeria

Language Translations for "Nigeria"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

Nigeria. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

Nigeri. (various references)

   

Asturian

  

Nixeria. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

Нигерия. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

尼日利亚. (various references)

   

Czech

  

Nigérie. (various references)

   

Danish

  

Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria, The Federal Republic of Nigeria), NG (Federal Republic of Nigeria), forbundsrepublikken Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria, The Federal Republic of Nigeria). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria, The Federal Republic of Nigeria). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

Nigerio. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Nigerian liittotasavalta (Federal Republic of Nigeria), Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria), NG (Federal Republic of Nigeria). (various references)

   

French

  

Nigeria. (various references)

   

German

  

Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria, Nigeria (ng), The Federal Republic of Nigeria). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Νιγηρία (Federal Republic of Nigeria). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Nigéria. (various references)

   

Irish

  

An Nigéir. (various references)

   

Italian

  

Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria, niger, The Federal Republic of Nigeria). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ドレス店 (a patient's call button in a hospital, Don, Don Juan, donkey, don't mind, don't-know group, draw, draw ball, drawer, drawing, drawn game, drawnwork, dress store, dresser, dressing, dressing paper, dressing room, dressmaker, dressy, drone, drop, drop goal, drop handle, drop-kick, dropout, dungarees, dwarf, game under lights, knife, knife ridge, knight, naive, nervous, Niagara, nice, nice guy, nice middle, nice shot, night, night cream, night game, night hospital, night latch, night show, night spot, night table, nightcap, nightclub, nightdress, nightgown, nightingale, nightmare, nightwear, Nike Hercules, Nile, Nile green, nurse, nurse bank, nurse call, nurse station, nursery, nursery tale, nylon latch, sunday, the firing of guns). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ナイジェリア . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

나이지리아. (various references)

   

Manx

  

Yn Naigeer. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

Nigeria. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

igerianay

   

Polish

  

Nigeria. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

Nigéria (Federal Republic of Nigeria, nigerian). (various references)

   

Provencal

  

Nigeri . (various references)

   

Russian 

  

Нигерия. (various references)

   

Samoan

  

Nigeria. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nigerija. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ไนจีเรีย, ประเทศไนจีเรีย. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Nijerya. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Nigeria

Misspellings

"Nigeria" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ingelram, Ingeria, Inikoria, Ligeia, Nagarik, Najera, Neeruam, Negere, Ngarba, Ngulia, nigraha, nigri, Nilgiri, Nilgiris, Nimeiri, Sigiriya. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Nigeria

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-i-n-r"

-1 letter: airing, earing, gainer, reagin, regain, regina.

-2 letters: anger, garni, genii, grain, iring, range, regna, reign, renig.

-3 letters: ager, agin, airn, earn, gaen, gain, gane, gear, gien, girn, gnar, gran, grin, inia, near, rage, ragi, rain, rang, rani, rein, ring.

-4 letters: age, ain, air, ane, ani, are, ear, eng, era, erg, ern, gae, gan, gar, gen, gie, gin, ire, nae, nag, rag, ran, reg, rei, ria, rig, rin.

-5 letters: ae, ag, ai, an, ar, en, er, in, na, ne, re.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-i-n-r"
 

+1 letter: arginine, deairing, gainlier, grainier, imaginer, migraine, reaginic.

 

+2 letters: aborigine, aerifying, arginines, daikering, derailing, diapering, grainiest, imaginers, ingrained, iterating, magnifier, migraines, originate, realising, realizing, rebaiting, redialing, regaining, reimagine, reimaging, remailing, remaining, renailing, repairing, reraising, resailing, retailing, retaining, seriating.

 

+3 letters: aborigines, acierating, aggrieving, agrimonies, brigandine, brigantine, calipering, caregiving, cariogenic, cashiering, deraigning, despairing, detraining, earwigging, emigrating, emigration, engrailing, engraining, entraining, eradiating, fingernail, garnierite, graecizing, grainfield, graininess, grecianize, gyniatries, hebraizing, herniating, iatrogenic, impearling, increasing, inearthing, ingratiate, intragenic, intreating, invigorate, laterizing, liberating, lipreading, magnifiers, mishearing, misreading, originated, originates, pertaining, prevailing, racemizing, radiogenic, reaffixing, realigning, reavailing, reclaiming, redbaiting, redialling, refraining, reimagined, reimagines, reinvading, repainting, resinating, retailings, retraining, seignorial, trailering, trigeminal, ungainlier, velarizing, vinegarish.

 

+4 letters: accrediting, advertising, advertizing, antiforeign, asterisking, bacterizing, bearbaiting, bediapering, bioregional, brecciating, brigandines, brigantines, callipering, cardiogenic, caregivings, cartelising, cartelizing, cauterizing, cavaliering, chivareeing, crepitating, denigrating, denigration, denigrative, dignitaries, disagreeing, disorganize, dispreading, egalitarian, elutriating, emigrations, enravishing, eradicating, espaliering, excoriating, extirpating, extraditing, extricating, filagreeing, fingernails, fireballing, firefanging, firewalling, gallinipper, garnierites, germanizing, germinating, germination, germinative, grainfields, granitelike, gratineeing, grecianized, grecianizes, hibernating, imaginaries, impetrating, imprecating, inbreathing, inebriating, infrangible, ingathering, ingrainedly, ingratiated, ingratiates, ingratitude, ingurgitate, innervating, integrality, integrating, integration, integrative, interacting, interfacing, interlacing, interlaying, invigorated, invigorates, itinerating, legionaries, legionnaire, libertinage, linearising, linearizing, lipreadings, malingering, marbleising, marbleizing, marginalize, meliorating, mineralogic, misaltering, misaverring, miscreating, mislearning, misrelating, mistreating, orientating, originative, pauperizing, plaistering, predicating, pretraining, reacquiring, readdicting, readmitting, reaffirming, reanimating, reanointing, reassailing, reassigning, reattaining, rebaptizing, reexamining, refinancing, regionalism, regionalist, regionalize, reimagining, reinflating, reinstating, reiterating, remediating, remigration, reobtaining, reordaining, repacifying, replicating, repudiating, reradiating, resignation, restraining, retailoring, retaliating, seigneurial, seigniorage, serialising, serializing, shivareeing, signatories, singularize, straitening, terminating, tiebreaking, trailerings, trigeminals, unirrigated, vainglories, variegating, variegation, verbalizing, vernalizing, vinaigrette, waitressing, waterskiing, wiredrawing, wiretapping.

 

+5 letters: abbreviating, advertisings, aerobicizing, aerosolizing, agribusiness, airtightness, allegorising, allegorizing, alliterating, ameliorating, angularities, anorexigenic, antireligion, apperceiving, appertaining, appreciating, apprenticing, arpeggiating, ascertaining, bearbaitings, biodegrading, breadwinning, caramelising, caramelizing, carcinogenic, categorising, categorizing, centralising, centralizing, childbearing, craniologies, deliberating, demoralizing, denigrations, depolarizing, depreciating, deracinating, derivatizing, desiderating, despairingly, digressional, disappearing, disembarking, disintegrate, disorganized, disorganizes, disregarding, dissertating, dopaminergic, earsplitting, egalitarians, emargination, energization, entertaining, eternalizing, eviscerating, excruciating, exhilarating, expatriating, federalizing, fraternizing, fricasseeing, gallinippers, garnisheeing, gastrocnemii, generalising, generalities, generalizing, geometrician, geriatrician, germinations, graininesses, granodiorite, grecianizing, greenmailing, hairdressing, harbingering, impregnating, impregnation, incinerating, increasingly, ingatherings, ingratitudes, ingurgitated, ingurgitates, integrations, intenerating, interfacings, interglacial, intergrading, interlapping, interlarding, interleaving, interplaying, interspacing, intertillage, intervillage, interweaving, intransigent, investigator, jeopardising, jeopardizing, keratinizing, laryngitides, lateralizing, legionnaires, liberalising, liberalizing, libertinages, lifeguarding, literalizing, livetrapping, marginalized, marginalizes, mineralising, mineralizing, mineralogies, mineralogist, neutralising, neutralizing, nonirrigated, obliterating, organicities, overclaiming, overpraising, overtraining, pasteurising, pasteurizing, philandering, preachifying, preadmitting, preassigning, prefinancing, pregnability, premigration, preordaining, privateering, reactivating, reappointing, reappraising, recanalizing, rededicating, redisplaying, reestimating, refashioning, regionalisms, regionalists, regionalized, regionalizes, registration, regularizing, rehumanizing, reimplanting, reinhabiting, reinitiating, reinstalling, reinvigorate, relativizing, remaindering, remigrations, remotivating, renominating, reorganizing, repatriating, repolarizing, reprimanding, requalifying, resignations, reticulating, revalidating, revalorizing, revictualing, revitalising, revitalizing, secularising, secularizing, seigniorages, sidetracking, singularized, singularizes, spearfishing, strategizing, streamlining, thermalizing, urinogenital, variegations, vinaigrettes, vituperating, vociferating, waterskiings, weatherizing, wisecracking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nigeria


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 69 67 65 72 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    ..    --.    .    .-.    ..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01101001 01100111 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#105 &#103 &#101 &#114 &#105 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0069 0067 0065 0072 0069 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48757371847567

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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