Naija
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Naija¹
adjective 9ja · Naij
- Of or from Nigeria. ‘If you come [...] you will meet a lot of Naija people there.’
noun Naijas · 9ja · Naij
- A person from Nigeria.
proper noun 9ja · Naij
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Nigeria (a country in West Africa).
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.
Opposite: Jand
Naija²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Nigerian Pidgin Naijá.
proper noun Naijá · 9ja · Naij
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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.
Similar: Nigerian Pidgin
Talk about this word "Naija." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/naija. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Naija. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/naija "Naija." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/naija.Cite this
@misc{naija_2026,
title = {Naija},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/naija},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
