naira
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪrə/
- Findings also indicated that the personal income of most respondents in the two universities was between 10,000 and 19,999 Naira.
- about 20 naira
Examples
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You'll collect fifty Naira.
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We have 11.2 million naira.
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If you buy something today for ten naira, tomorrow it will go up.
Academic text (1999) -
I loaned you 30 million naira over a year ago.
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One point six million naira, Boro.
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I'll get you your 200000 naira.
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Its national currency, the naira, was worth twice as much as the U.S. dollar in the mid-1970s.
Academic text (1998) -
But Nigeria has ended up as the world's 13th-poorest nation, with the naira worth about a cent in 1998.
Academic text (1998) -
In 1981, the National Minimum Wage Act established a minimum wage of 125 Naira per month for all enterprises employing more than 50 workers.
Academic text (1994) -
If you buy something today for ten naira, tomorrow it will go up.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Naira comes from the country's name Nigeria, and it was created as a short, simple name for its 'currency'. So Naira is the basic unit of money used in Nigeria.