English

Proper noun

Nigritia

1. A region in central and western Africa including present-day Sudan
2. (by extension) All inland regions of Africa inhabited by negros

Derived terms

• Nigritian

Interlingua

Noun

nigritia ‎(plural nigritias)

1. blackness

Latin

Etymology

niger +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /niˈɡri.ti.a/, [nɪˈɡrɪ.ti.a]

Noun

nigritia f ‎(genitive nigritiae); first declension

1. blackness, black color

Declension

First declension.

Synonyms

• nigritiēs

Descendants

• Italian: nerezza, nigrizia
• Romanian: negreață

References

• nigritia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nigritia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• “nigritia” on page 1,177/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)