Naija

alternative slang 9ja · alternative Multicultural London English Naij

1. Of or from Nigeria.

   ‘If you come [...] you will meet a lot of Naija people there.’

   2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 325

plural Naijas · alternative slang 9ja · alternative Multicultural London English Naij

1. A person from Nigeria.

alternative slang 9ja · alternative Multicultural London English Naij

1. slangNigeria (a country in West Africa).

   But, it is correct to say most of our leaders in Naija are not leaders but looters.

   2005, Shrubs and Trees: A Collection of Short Stories, page 31

   3 more examples

   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.

   1957, Gavin Maxwell, People of the Reeds, page 102

   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.

   2000, Ken Saro-Wiwa: Writer and Political Activist, page 139

   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.

   2011, Peter Ladi Thompson, The New Eden, page 10

   Antonyms: Jand

alternative Naijá · alternative slang 9ja · alternative Multicultural London English Naij

1. An English-based creole of Nigeria, combining vocabulary and grammar from the English language as well as various indigenous Nigerian languages and remnants of Portuguese.

   Synonyms: Nigerian Pidgin