Definition of Nigeria in English:
Nigeria
A country on the coast of West Africa; population 182,200,000 (estimated 2015); languages, English (official), Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, and others; capital, Abuja.
尼日利亚（西非沿海国家；2009年估计人口149, 229, 100；语言有英语 官方语言、豪萨语、伊博语、约鲁巴语和其他语言；首都阿布贾）
The site of highly developed kingdoms in the Middle Ages, the area came under British influence during the 19th century and was made into a single colony in 1914. Independence came in 1960 and the state became a federal republic in 1963, remaining a member of the Commonwealth. Oil was discovered in the 1960s and 1970s, since when Nigeria has emerged as one of the world's major exporters. The country was suspended from the Commonwealth 1995–9 following the execution of the writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa (b.1941) in 1995
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Definition of Nigeria in US English:
Nigeria
A country on the coast of West Africa, bordered by the Niger River on the north; population 182,200,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Abuja; languages, English (official), Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba, and others.
尼日利亚（西非沿海国家；2009年估计人口149, 229, 100；语言有英语 官方语言、豪萨语、伊博语、约鲁巴语和其他语言；首都阿布贾）The site of highly developed kingdoms in the Middle Ages, the area came under British influence during the 19th century and was consolidated into a single colony in 1914. Independence came in 1960, and it became a federal republic in 1963, while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Oil was discovered in the 1960s and 1970s; since then, Nigeria has emerged as one of the world's major exporters