Naija

See also: Naịja

English

Alternative forms

  • 9ja (slang)
  • Naij (MLE)

Adjective

Naija

  1. Of or from Nigeria.

Noun

Naija (plural Naijas)

  1. A person from Nigeria.

Proper noun

Naija

  1. (slang) Nigeria (a country in West Africa)
    • 1957, Gavin Maxwell, People of the Reeds, page 102:
      We stopped at the mudhif of an important Sayid, and even a spectacled white-turbaned priest from Naija treated us with courtesy, and did not, as did most of those whom we met later, leave the building as soon as we had entered it.
    • 2000, Ken Saro-Wiwa: Writer and Political Activist, page 139:
      There were obituaries, poems, hastily scratched out but very heartfelt dirges, and a unity that I have never before seen in Naija: a unity that, although it technically lasted about a week, still has lingering effects to the present day.
    • 2005, Shrubs and Trees: A Collection of Short Stories, page 31:
      But, it is correct to say most of our leaders in Naija are not leaders but looters.
    • 2011, Peter Ladi Thompson, The New Eden, page 10:
      He remembered that the process of clearing immigration and locating your luggage in Murtala Muhammad Airport was no small feat for a first time visitor to Naija.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Nigerian Pidgin Naijá

Proper noun

Naija

  1. An English-based creole of Nigeria, combining vocabulary and grammar from the English language as well as various indigenous Nigerian languages & remnants of Portuguese.
    Synonym: Nigerian Pidgin
Alternative forms
  • Naijá

Anagrams

Nigerian Pidgin

Proper noun

Naijá or Naija

  1. Naija (language), Nigerian Pidgin

Proper noun

Naijá or Naija

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Niger.

Proper noun

Naija

  1. Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Náíjà

Borrowed from English Niger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ná.í.d͡ʒà/

Proper noun

Náíjà

  1. Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
  2. A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Minna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nà.ì.d͡ʒá/

Proper noun

Nàìjá

  1. (slang) Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)

Noun

Nàìjá

  1. A Nigerian
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