Maiduguri
- proper noun
- Sohi and Misheilla (1988), in their research on patterns of participation in and attitudes towards leisure time activities of the University of Maiduguri, revealed that students took more to passive and unorganized leisure activities.
- University of Maiduguri
Examples
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Dr. Tunde Adeleke is a former member of the History Department at the University of Maiduguri (Nigeria) and is now Assistant Professor at Loyola University of New Orleans.
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The University of Maiduguri was especially blessed during the 1988/89 academic year with the coming of Dr. James Johnson of Alabama A & M University on a Fulbright Fellowship.
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Methods: The study was prospective and was carried out between January 2002 and December 2005 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
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The situation at the University of Maiduguri is also noteworthy.
Academic text (1993) -
This study corroborates Sohi and Msheilla's research findings that University of Maiduguri students engaged more in passive activities.
Academic text (2007) -
Here, female students stand in a burnt classroom at Maiduguri Experimental School, a private school burned by the Islamist group Boko Haram to discourage children from seeking education in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, on May 12, 2012.
Blog text (26) -
Here, female students stand in a burnt classroom at Maiduguri Experimental School, a private school burned by the Islamist group Boko Haram to discourage children from seeking education in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, on May 12, 2012.
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Professional Archivists at the rank of Deputy Director are in charge of the National Archives of Nigeria zonal offices located in Ibadan, Kaduna, Jos, Maiduguri, Port Harcourt, and Enugu.
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Maiduguri is known for its vibrant agricultural market, attracting traders from various regions of Maiduguri.
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As the capital of Borno State, Maiduguri plays a crucial role in the economy of northeastern Nigeria.
Synonyms
A city in northeastern Nigeria that is a market for farm goods and the capital of Borno State
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maiduguri likely comes from local words, where Mai means 'owner' or 'place of' and Guri was the name of a person or small village, so the name once meant 'the place of Guri' or 'home of Guri'.