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語源 1

形容詞

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.’

名詞

Naija (plural Naijas)

1. A person from Nigeria.

固有名詞

Naija

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

   Antonym: Jand

   • 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.

語源 2

Borrowed from Nigerian Pidgin Naijá.

固有名詞

Naija

1. 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.

   Synonym: Nigerian Pidgin

別の表記

• Naijá

アナグラム

• inaja, inajá