Etymology

Naijamerican

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Today it means: Nigerian-American. Full definition →

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The story

Blend of Naija + American. Coined by writer Nnedi Okorafor in 2004 as a descriptive term for herself.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.