Niger (disambiguation)

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Niger is a country in Western Africa.

Niger may also refer to:

Places

• Niger River, a river in West Africa
• Niger State, the largest state in Nigeria
• Niger River (Tomifobia River tributary), a river in Estrie, Quebec, Canada
• Niger Vallis, a valley on Mars that appears to have been carved by water
• 8766 Niger, an asteroid

People

Given name

• Niger Innis (born 1968), American political consultant and strategist

Surname

• Simeon Niger, a person in the Book of Acts in the New Testament
• Pescennius Niger (c. 135/140 – 194), Roman usurper
• Sextius Niger, Roman writer on pharmacology during the reign of Augustus
• Ermoldus Nigellus or Niger (fl. 824–830), a poet at the court of Pippin of Aquitaine
• Dub, King of Scotland (died 967), called Niger
• Ralph Niger (c. 1140 – c. 1217), Anglo-French theologian and Archdeacon of Gloucester
• Roger Niger (died 1241), Bishop of London
• Peter Georg Niger (1434–1481/1484), Dominican theologian, preacher and controversialist
• Shmuel Niger (1883–1955), a Yiddish writer

Other uses

• HMS Niger, several British warships
• Niger-class frigate, a class of Royal Navy frigate built in the mid 18th century
• Guizotia abyssinica, a cultivated plant with the common name 'niger'

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with niger
• Black § Etymology
• Nigga
• Nigeria (disambiguation)
• Nigar (disambiguation)
• Nigra (disambiguation)
• Nigger (disambiguation)

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This page was last edited on 22 September 2023, at 02:33