Niger

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Niger
       n 1: an African river; flows into the South Atlantic [syn: {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: {Republic of Niger}]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Niger
     black, a surname of Simeon (Acts 13:1). He was probably so
     called from his dark complexion.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Niger, black