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Niger (disambiguation)

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

  • 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. 1140c. 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, a Yiddish writer
  • Niger Innis (born 1968), American political consultant and strategist

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

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