Definitions
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- noun The official
currency ofNigeria , which replaced thepound in 1973; the principal denomination of the currency, equal to 100kobo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the basic unit of money in Nigeria
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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OKE: It's possible to make a call for just 5 naira, which is about 4 cents, and significantly cheaper than normal cell phone rates.
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But now, some people will make as much as -- it's about 750,000 naira, which is a lot of money.
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"For a group like ours, two and a half billion naira, that is actually just about 10% of our cement turnover per month.
Businessman Criticizes Nigeria's Central Bank for Debtor List Will Connors 2009
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He is also credited with the coining of the name "naira" for the country's currency when he was Federal Commissioner of Finance under the Gowon government.
Thisday Online 2010
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He is also credited with the coining of the name "naira" for the country's currency when he was Federal Commissioner of Finance under the Gowon government.
Thisday Online 2010
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He is also credited with the coining of the name "naira" for the country's currency when he was Federal Commissioner of Finance under the Gowon government.
Thisday Online 2010
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He is also credited with the coining of the name "naira" for the country's currency when he was Federal Commissioner of Finance under the Gowon government.
Thisday Online 2010
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The market capitalization is currently hovering around 4.8 trillion naira which is a huge drop from the 12.6 trillion figure of March last year.
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The market capitalization is currently hovering around 4.8 trillion naira which is a huge drop from the 12.6 trillion figure of March last year.
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The finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has speculated that the price of a litre of petrol will jump from 65 naira 40 cents to 139 naira a litre.
Nigerians are still the most optimistic people in the world. How? | Bim Adewunmi 2011
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