Onitsha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Igbo Ọ̀nị̀chà.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: O‧nit‧sha
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Onitsha

  1. A city in Anambra State, Nigeria, located on the eastern bank of the Niger river.
    • 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 288:
      He tells them […] that they must leave before noon so that they’ll arrive in Onitsha by tomorrow morning.

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