Naija

• 9ja (slang)
• Naij (MLE)

Naija

1. Of or from Nigeria.
   • 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 325:

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

Naija (plural Naijas)

1. A person from Nigeria.

Naija

1. (slang) Nigeria
   • 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.

Borrowed from Nigerian Pidgin Naijá

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

• Naijá

• inaja, inajá

Naijá or Naija

1. Naija (language), Nigerian Pidgin

Naijá or Naija

1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Borrowed from English Niger.

Naija

1. of Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Náíjà

Borrowed from English Niger.

• IPA^(key): /ná.í.d͡ʒà/

Náíjà

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

• IPA^(key): /nà.ì.d͡ʒá/

Nàìjá

1. (slang) Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Nàìjá

1. A Nigerian