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nairas

nairas is the plural of naira.

Meaning of naira

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

Questions about nairas

What is nairas the plural of?
Nairas is the plural of naira.

Words near nairas in the dictionary

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

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