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A⋅bu⋅ja

  [uh-boo-juh]
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the capital of Nigeria, in the central part. 378,671.
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Ni⋅ge⋅ri⋅a

  [nahy-jeer-ee-uh]
–noun
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 107,129,469; 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
Official name, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Related forms:
Ni⋅ge⋅ri⋅an, adjective, noun
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A·bu·ja   (ä-bōō'jä)   
The capital of Nigeria, in the central part of the country. Although the capital was officially moved to Abuja from Lagos in 1991, the city is largely undeveloped, and many government offices remain in Lagos. Population: 660,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Nigeria

A nation in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean), bordered by Niger to the north, Chad and Cameroon to the east, and Benin to the west. Lagos is the capital and largest city.

Note: With over 110 million inhabitants, Nigeria is Africa's most populous country.
Note: Nigeria has been independent from Britain since 1960, and its independent history has been marked by bloodshed and instability. An ill-fated separatist movement established the secessionist state of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria from 1967 to 1970.
Note: The city-state of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, flourished from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries as a center of commerce and culture. It was famous for its cast-gold sculptures.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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