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Onitsha

American  
[oh-nich-uh] / oʊˈnɪtʃ ə /

noun

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


Onitsha British  
/ əˈnɪtʃə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From BBC Jun. 2, 2025

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

From Reuters Aug. 9, 2021

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 Jul. 25, 2021

My grandfather told me that when he’d visit Onitsha as a child, this alert would be done by gunshot.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2019

It was Madu who had received word that a thin, tall educated woman had been found wandering in Onitsha.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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