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naira

naira noun: the official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira replaced the pound in 1973.).

Noun

naira (plural nairas or naira)

  1. The official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira replaced the pound in 1973.)
    • "We will not tolerate this. We gave them enough time to purchase helmets. Six months ago the price of helmets was below 800 naira so complaints about non-availability and high prices are no excuse," he told Reuters.2009 January 7, Mike Oboh, “Nigerian bikers wear fruit shells to avoid helmet law”, in Reuters
    • ‘Five naira for one small cup. The big one is ten naira.’2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 37

naira meaning in Bengali, Arabic and Persian

naira in Bengali

নায়রা

naira in Arabic

the currency of Nigeria
نَيْرَة nayra, نَيْر nayr

naira in Persian

the currency of Nigeria
نایرا nâyrâ

Forms of naira

pluralnairas
pluralnaira

Plural of naira: nairas or naira

Origin of naira

A contraction of Nigeria, coined by Federal Commissioner for Finance Obafemi Awolowo.

Questions about naira

What does naira mean?
Naira means the official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira replaced the pound in 1973.).
What is naira in Bengali?
Naira in Bengali is নায়রা. See Naira meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is naira?
Naira is a noun.
What is the plural of naira?
The plural of naira is nairas.

Words near naira in the dictionary

  1. Naiqama
  2. Naiqamas
  3. naique
  4. naiques
  5. Nair
  6. naira
  7. nairas
  8. Naire
  9. Naires
  10. Nairi
  11. Nairm

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Adapted from Wiktionary: naira (page history and authors); naira (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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