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Nigerian
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adjective
of or relating to Nigeria
the Nigerian capital used to be Lagos
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adjective
of or relating to the people of Nigeria
a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year
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noun
a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
civil
Adjective
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About the citizens of a country, especially as opposed to the government, army, police, religion, etc.
One of the most important civil rights is freedom of speech.
In the Civil War, the Red Army had blocked off the northern part of the Ukraine from the hungry south.
The state is connected to civil society through aspects other than its role in administration
The government had run out of money to pay civil servants.
This comes under civil, rather than criminal, law.
The bridge would be one of the largest civil engineering projects in the country.
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If someone is civil, they are polite but not friendly.
Mum had been civil to me since the fight but something had gone between us.
war
Verb
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If you war with someone or something, you fight or battle with them.