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noun
The official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira replaced the pound in 1973.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the basic unit of money in Nigeria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Nigerian monetary unit
History
A contraction of Nigeria, coined by Federal Commissioner for Finance Obafemi Awolowo.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
