naira
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A contraction of Nigeria, coined by Federal Commissioner for Finance Obafemi Awolowo.
Noun
[edit]naira (plural nairas or naira)
- The official currency of Nigeria, which replaced the pound in 1973; the principal denomination of the currency, equal to 100 kobo.
- 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 37:
- ‘Five naira for one small cup. The big one is ten naira.’
See also
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[edit]Finnish
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]naira
- naira (Nigeria's currency)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of naira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | naira | nairat | ||
genitive | nairan | nairojen | ||
partitive | nairaa | nairoja | ||
illative | nairaan | nairoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | naira | nairat | ||
accusative | nom. | naira | nairat | |
gen. | nairan | |||
genitive | nairan | nairojen nairain rare | ||
partitive | nairaa | nairoja | ||
inessive | nairassa | nairoissa | ||
elative | nairasta | nairoista | ||
illative | nairaan | nairoihin | ||
adessive | nairalla | nairoilla | ||
ablative | nairalta | nairoilta | ||
allative | nairalle | nairoille | ||
essive | nairana | nairoina | ||
translative | nairaksi | nairoiksi | ||
abessive | nairatta | nairoitta | ||
instructive | — | nairoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
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[edit]Noun
[edit]nair̃ā̀ f (plural nair̃ōr̃ī, possessed form nair̃àr̃)
- naira (currency of Nigeria)
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]naira f (plural nairas)
Yoruba
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]náírà
- naira (currency of Nigeria)
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑirɑ
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