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Onitsha

Syllables: O·nit·sha

Onitsha proper noun: a city in Anambra State, Nigeria, located on the eastern bank of the Niger river.

Proper noun

Onitsha

  1. A city in Anambra State, Nigeria, located on the eastern bank of the Niger river.
    • He tells them […] that they must leave before noon so that they’ll arrive in Onitsha by tomorrow morning.2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 288

Origin of Onitsha

Borrowed from Igbo Ọ̀nị̀chà.

Questions about Onitsha

What does Onitsha mean?
Onitsha means a city in Anambra State, Nigeria, located on the eastern bank of the Niger river.
What part of speech is Onitsha?
Onitsha is a proper noun.

Words near Onitsha in the dictionary

  1. oniscoids
  2. oniscophagous
  3. oniscophagy
  4. Onishi
  5. Onishis
  6. Onitsha
  7. onium
  8. oniums
  9. ONJ
  10. onjisaponin
  11. onjisaponins

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