naira

American  

[nahy-ruh] / ˈnaɪ rə /

noun

1. a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.

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naira British  

/ ˈnaɪrə /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Nigeria, divided into 100 kobo

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Etymology

Origin of naira

C20: altered from _Nigeria

Example Sentences

As part of the reconstruction and recovery activities, Borno has requested an additional 61bn naira to rebuild damaged infrastructure, including bridges, road networks and hospitals.

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The policy involved the confiscation of trillions of old naira notes and their replacement with new notes for the highest denominations.

From BBC

"There's a particular brand of food I used to use. It was just about 30,000 naira then. That same brand of dog food is 165,000 naira," he told the BBC.

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Just three years ago, the exchange rate of the local currency was 500 naira to £1; now it stands at 2,200 naira.

From BBC

As the naira plunged and pump prices increased several times, the government, aware of the potential danger of protests, continued to pipette some medicine to the masses.

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