English

Noun

Nigra ‎(plural Nigras)

1. (Southern US) Alternative form of Negro
   • 1957, John Bartlow Martin, The Deep South says "never."

     You can be very Christian and American, if you don't have any Nigras.

   • 1975, Paul Good, The trouble I've seen: white journalist/Black movement

     Listen, there's plenty of Nigras in this town have more money than you or I put together. There's Nigras driving great big Cadillacs all over Atlanta.

   • 2006, Zack C. Waters, Blood Moon Rider

     “There's a nigra in the middle section,” she yelled, leaning forward. “A nigra in the middle section!”

Anagrams

• grain, Rigan

English

Noun

nigra ‎(plural nigras)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin niger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡra/
• Hyphenation: ni‧gra

Adjective

nigra ‎(accusative singular nigran, plural nigraj, accusative plural nigrajn)

1. black
   • 1983, Claude Piron, Gerda malaperis!, chapter 20.

     Estas alta viro, maldika, kun nigraj haroj kaj verdaj okuloj.

     It's a tall man, skinny, with black hair and green eyes.

Derived terms

• nigra nano ‎(“black dwarf”)
• nigra truo ‎(“black hole”)
• nigrigi
• nigro
• nigrulo ‎(“a black person”)
• substantia nigra

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto nigra, from Spanish nigro from Latin niger.

Adjective

nigra

1. black

Derived terms

• nigro ‎(“a black person (not specifically of African descent)”)
• nigra heleboro / heleboro nigra
• nigra truo
• nigreskar ‎(“to blacken, become black, turn black”)
• nigrigar ‎(“to blacken, make black, turn black”)

• nigratra ‎(“darkish, dusky”)

Paronyms

• negra ‎(“a person of African descent”)

See also

Latin

Adjective

nigra

1. nominative feminine singular of niger
2. nominative neuter plural of niger
3. accusative neuter plural of niger
4. vocative feminine singular of niger
5. vocative neuter plural of niger

nigrā

1. ablative feminine singular of niger