Abuja

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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈbuːd͡ʒə/
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Proper noun

Abuja

  1. The capital city of Nigeria; lying in the Federal Capital Territory in the North Central geopolitical zone.
    • 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 96:
      We’ll have to wait here all night till the mobile police arrives from Abuja, a distance of 350 kilometres.

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Afrikaans

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Proper noun

Abuja

  1. Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria)

Czech

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abuja f

  1. Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria)

Declension

Declension of Abuja (sg-only mixed feminine)
singular
nominative Abuja
genitive Abuji, Abuje
dative Abuje, Abuji
accusative Abuju
vocative Abujo
locative Abuje, Abuji
instrumental Abujou

Japanese

Romanization

Abuja

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アブジャ

Nupe

Etymology

Borrowed from English Abuja.

Pronunciation

Abuja(file)

Proper noun

Abújá

  1. Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria)
    Keńci dókun fédùn ci Abújá o. ― Many Hausa people live in Abuja.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Abuja f

  1. Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria)

Slovak

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abuja f (genitive singular Abuje, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. Abuja (the capital of Nigeria)

References

  • “Abuja”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English Abuja.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Àbújá

  1. Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria)
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