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Sunday, June 22, 2014

#26 NIGER STATE: The 36 States Of Nigeria And Their Meanings


26. NIGER STATE

The largest of all the 36 in terms of area, the state was named after the River Niger, one of the longest in Africa. Called the nahr-al-anhur or the River of Rivers by the Arabs, the local Tuaregs would later modify the name to become ngereoun meaning the ‘big river’. When the Arab explorer, Leo Africanus wrote, he noted it in 1526 as ‘Niger’ which meant ‘black’ in Latin, like to mean ‘River of the Blacks’. (I hear you o! Exactly what is going on in your mind! LOL!) Especially when you know the meaning of Nigeria….lmao!
SIZE (LAND AREA): 1ST, THE LARGEST STATE IN NIGERIA
  

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