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PRONUNCIATION OF ONITSHA

Onitsha  [əˈnɪtʃə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONITSHA

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determiner
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Onitsha is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ONITSHA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Onitsha

Onitsha

Onitsha is a city, a commercial, educational, and religious centre and river port on the eastern bank of the Niger river in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria. In the early 1960s, before the Nigerian Civil War, the population was officially recorded as 76,000, and the town was distinctive in a number of dimensions; the great Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe characterized it as harboring an "esoteric region from which creativity sallies forth at will to manifest itself," "a zone of occult instability". Though it experienced great suffering during and after the civil war, by virtue of its still-strategic geographic position Onitsha has continued to develop, and by 2001 had an estimated population of 511,000 with a metropolitan population of 1,003,000. The indigenous people of Onitsha are Igbo and speak the Igbo language. It is worthy to note that Onicha should not be confused with the other municipalities of the same normenclature lying further east in Nigeria. Some of which are: Onicha-Uboma, Onicha-Amagunze, Onicha-Uburu, Onicha-Agu, Onicha-Nwenkwo, Onicha-EnuguEzike, Onicha Ngwa, Onicha Nkwerre etc..

Definition of Onitsha in the English dictionary

The definition of Onitsha in the dictionary is a port in S Nigeria, in Anambra State on the Niger River: industrial centre. Pop: 565 000.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ONITSHA


expenditure
ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə
furniture
ˈfɜːnɪtʃə
garniture
ˈɡɑːnɪtʃə
geniture
ˈdʒenɪtʃə
legislature
ˈlɛdʒɪsˌleɪtʃə
literature
ˈlɪtərɪtʃə
microminiature
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈmɪnɪtʃə
miniature
ˈmɪnɪtʃə
nature
ˈneɪtʃə
nourriture
ˈnʌrɪtʃə
pitcher
ˈpɪtʃə
primogeniture
ˌpraɪməʊˈdʒɛnɪtʃə
progeniture
prəʊˈdʒenɪtʃə
secundogeniture
sɪˌkʌndəʊˈdʒenɪtʃə
signature
ˈsɪɡnɪtʃə
snitcher
ˈsnɪtʃə
temperature
ˈtɛmprɪtʃə
ultimogeniture
ˌʌltɪməʊˈdʒɛnɪtʃə
ultraminiature
ˌʌltrəˈmɪnɪtʃə
unigeniture
ˌjuːnɪˈdʒɛnɪtʃə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONITSHA

Onions

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONITSHA

Aisha
Ali Pasha
Ayesha
Changsha
Elisha
Falasha
geisha
Ibrahim Pasha
Ilesha
kasha
moksha
musha
Odisha
orisha
Parsha
pasha
poisha
shisha
tamasha
wisha

Synonyms and antonyms of Onitsha in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Onitsha» into 25 languages

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The translations of Onitsha from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Onitsha» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奥尼查
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Onitsha
570 millions of speakers

English

Onitsha
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Onitsha
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أونيتشا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Onitsha
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Onitsha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Onitsha
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Onitsha
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Onitsha
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Onitsha
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オニチャ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오니 샤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Onitsha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Onitsha
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Onitsha
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओनिंशा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Onitsha
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Onitsha
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

onitsha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Onitsha
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Onitsha
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Onitsha
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Onitsha
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Onitsha
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Onitsha
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Onitsha

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONITSHA»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONITSHA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Onitsha

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONITSHA»

Discover the use of Onitsha in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Onitsha and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An African Popular Literature: A Study of Onitsha Market ...
This 1973 text was the first detailed study of that phenomenon of the African literary scene, Onitsha market literature.
Emmanuel Obiechina, 1973
2
Onitsha
A novel on white colonialism in Africa through the eyes of Fintan, a 12-year-old boy who joins his parents in Nigeria.
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Cl‰zio, 1997
3
Onitsha Ado N'Idu on My Mind
This is a commentary on complex ideas, values and attitudes that shape the cultural life of Onitsha society as well as changes experienced over a period starting from the late 1990s till date.
Chineze J. Onyejekwe, 2011
4
Onitsha Market Literature and Negotiations of Modernity in ...
Nigeria, during its period of decolonization in the 1950s and 1960s, was marked by extensive cultural, economic, and political change.
Hilary Hungerford, 2007
5
Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation
resent the capture of local government in Onitsha by the numerically preponderant population of "strangers" in the name of democracy. This should not be taken to mean that the Onitshans lack the spirit of modern Nigeria. On the contrary, it is ...
Richard L. Sklar, 2004
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The Human Tradition in Modern Britain
Onitsha and non-Onitsha women, elite and nonelite women, as well as women who were not even officially Catholic joined forces to challenge proposals by the nationalist male leadership. The women organized as mothers, concerned to ...
C. J. Litzenberger, Eileen Groth Lyon, 2006
7
Studies in Ibo Political Systems: Chieftaincy and Politics ...
In 1857, Macgregor Laird and Samuel Crowther, on their journey up the Niger, established a Mission Station at Onitsha, and from this time onwards, the kings of Onitsha (Akazua and his sons Diali and Anazonwu) were involved in economic ...
Ikenna Nzimiro, 1972
8
Geographical Regions of Nigeria
THE NIGER AT ONITSHA Between Asaba and Onitsha, the Niger valley narrows considerably as hills close in to the river bank or its flood- plains (Figure 24). Down to the confluence with the Anambra, the east bank is a low wide plain, through ...
Reuben K. Udo, 1970
9
State, Community, and Local Development in Nigeria
Onitsha town is a major trading center situated within the wide flood plains of the Niger valley at the northern edge of the rainforest zone. Onitsha South LGA is one of Onitsha town's two local government areas. It includes the commercial and  ...
Paul Francis, James Adewuyi Akinwumi, 1996
10
A Political and Administrative History of Onitsha: 1917 - 1970
A Political and Administrative History of Onitsha is an in-depth study of the history of this fascinating city, concentrating on the years between 1917 and the end of the Nigerian civil war in 1970.
Okechukwu Okeke, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONITSHA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Onitsha is used in the context of the following news items.
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20 missing, 100 buildings, vehicles destroyed as flood wreaks havoc …
Also at the International Electronics Market, Onitsha about 1500 shops ... be contained by the drainages along the Onitsha/Asaba expressway. «Daily Sun, Jul 15»
2
And the Amazon Bows Out in Blaze of Glory
The body will be taken to Onitsha next day before interment on Friday July 24 after church service at All Saints Anglican Church, Onitsha, the ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
3
Tribunal Dismisses Motion Challenging Oduah's Election As Senator
... that the dismissed documents were voter registers used for the conduct of the senatorial election in Onitsha North, Onitsha South and Ogbaru ... «Information Nigeria, Jul 15»
4
Youngsters Shine At Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange …
... Umuahia, Abia State, who took the first position, Master Anigbo Stephen Chinedu of Christ the King College, Onitsha, Anambra State, second ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
5
Furore over Diversion of Petrol by Marketers
You could instead sell it in filling stations along the Enugu-Onitsha or Enugu-Makurdi expressways or anywhere inside the hinterlands. «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
6
Reducing flood risk around the world
... created at the University of Bristol, and show 1-in-100-year maximum flood depth for: a, all of Africa; b, River Niger at Onitsha, Nigeria and c, ... «University of Bristol, Jul 15»
7
NANS tells FG: "Ban truck drivers from plying highways during …
“On May, 2015, 69 people were burnt to death in Onitsha, Anambra state, involving a petrol tanker; seven people were also killed in ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
8
BreakingNews 25/7/15 - Staff Indebtedness: A Monster Threatening …
[ Masterweb Reports: Intersociety reports ] - (Onitsha Nigeria, 23rd July 2015)- An extensive investigation carried out recently by the leadership ... «Nigeria Master Web, Jul 15»
9
GOtv Nigeria extends service to Nnewi city
The regions include: Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Lagos, Enugu, Benin, Aba, Owerri, Kano, Kaduna, Onitsha, Asaba, Osogbo, Ife, Ogbomoso, Akure, ... «Dataxis, Jul 15»
10
Lagos driver yet to return 3 weeks after Owerri trip
He was alleged to have called one of his co-drivers after dropping the passenger at about 10:30 pm, that he was heading to Onitsha to spend ... «P.M. News, Jul 15»

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