Ogoni

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noun

A member of an ethnic group from southeastern Nigeria, famous for their fight against oil industry exploitation.

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Meanings

nounOgoni (plural Ogonis or Ogoni)

plural Ogonis

  1. A member of an ethnic group from southeastern Nigeria, famous for their fight against oil industry exploitation.
proper noun
  1. Their language division, which consists of Khana, Tẹẹ, Gokana, Eleme, and Baan.
adjectiveOgoni (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to the Ogoni people.

    —Oh yes. He’s a good man. Very hardworking, and conscientious. He’s Ogoni, you know. —That, I didn’t know. Those people have suffered. All that oil wealth, and they don’t see a penny of it. Nigeria has been rough on them.

    2007, Teju Cole, Every Day is for the Thief, Faber & Faber (2015), page 134

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

OginoGonio
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APA

Ogoni. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ogoni

MLA

“Ogoni.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ogoni. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ogoni,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ogoni.

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