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Yenagoa

Yenagoa proper noun: the largest city and state capital of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

Proper noun

Yenagoa

  1. The largest city and state capital of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
    • Yenagoa was more town than city, a settlement of dwarf houses, roofs level with the raised road. Billboards were particularly effective in this stunted landscape, malaria drugs, Alomo Bitters, Coca-Cola, Durex, Indomie, Winners School, and churches, plenty of them. Evangelists, pastors, apostles...2017, Chibundu Onuzo, Welcome to Lagos, Faber & Faber Ltd, pages 25-26

Questions about Yenagoa

What does Yenagoa mean?
Yenagoa means the largest city and state capital of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
What part of speech is Yenagoa?
Yenagoa is a proper noun.

Words near Yenagoa in the dictionary

  1. Yen-t'ai
  2. Yen-tai
  3. Yen-tse
  4. Yen-tze
  5. Yen-tzu
  6. Yenagoa
  7. Yenakiyeve
  8. Yenakiyevo
  9. Yenan
  10. Yenangyaung
  11. yenap

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