naira
IPA: nˈɛrʌ
noun
- The official currency of Nigeria, which replaced the pound in 1973; the principal denomination of the currency, equal to 100 kobo.
Examples of "naira" in Sentences
- It is depicted on the 100 naira bill.
- It is a shimmery gold colour showing 1000 naira.
- Today, this pond fields millions of naira monthly.
- His portrait adorns Nigeria's five hundred naira currency note.
- He is married to the author and German philologist Naira Gelashvili.
- He joined Heartland in January 2010 for a fee of five million naira.
- The naira appreciated against the dollar through 2007 due to high oil revenues.