Onitsha

American  

[oh-nich-uh] / oʊˈnɪtʃ ə /

noun

1. a city in SW Nigeria, on the Niger River.

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Onitsha British  

/ əˈnɪtʃə /

noun

1. a port in S Nigeria, in Anambra State on the Niger River: industrial centre. Pop: 565 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Chinenye Nweze was 36 when she bled to death at a hospital in the south-eastern town of Onitsha five years ago.

From BBC

Residents of southeastern centres including the trading hub Onitsha and the cities of Enugu, Awka and Owerri said usually busy markets were quiet, roads clear of traffic and even some students who were due to sit exams had not turned up.

From Reuters

"Onitsha is totally shut down. No vehicles are moving about," resident Caroline Madu said.

From Reuters

While out fishing with some other women one day, Onitsha Joseph saw oil bubbling to the river’s surface, and knew they had found the source of the spill.Credit...

From New York Times

GBARAMATU, Nigeria — When the tide rose under the rickety wooden house-on-stilts of Onitsha Joseph, a fisherwoman who lives above the twisting rivers of the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, it brought a slick of crude oil.

From New York Times