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PRONUNCIATION OF OWERRI

Owerri  [əˈwɛrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OWERRI

noun
adjective
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pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
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Owerri is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OWERRI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Owerri

Owerri is the capital of Imo State in Nigeria, set in the heart of the Igboland. Owerri consists of three Local Govern Areas including Owerri Municipal, Owerri North and Owerri West, it has an estimated population of about 400,000 as of 2006 and is approximately 40 square miles in area. Owerri is bordered by the Otamiri River to the east and the Nworie River to the south. The Owerri Slogan is Heartland. It is currently referred to as the entertainment capital of Nigeria and is home to an annual beauty pageant called "Miss Heartland".

Definition of Owerri in the English dictionary

The definition of Owerri in the dictionary is a market town in S Nigeria, capital of Imo state. Pop : 401 873.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OWERRI


berry
ˈbɛrɪ
bury
ˈbɛrɪ
cherry
ˈtʃɛrɪ
derry
ˈdɛrɪ
ferry
ˈfɛrɪ
herry
ˈhɛrɪ
hery
ˈhɛrɪ
huckleberry
ˈhʌkəlˌbɛrɪ
jerry
ˈdʒɛrɪ
Kerry
ˈkɛrɪ
Londonderry
ˈlʌndənˌdɛrɪ
meri
ˈmɛrɪ
merry
ˈmɛrɪ
perry
ˈpɛrɪ
Pondicherry
ˌpɒndɪˈtʃɛrɪ
Puducherry
ˌpuːduːˈtʃɛrɪ
sherry
ˈʃɛrɪ
terry
ˈtɛrɪ
very
ˈvɛrɪ
wherry
ˈwɛrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OWERRI

Owen
Owen gun
Owen Stanley Range
Owens

WORDS THAT END LIKE OWERRI

Bari
Capri
cirri
Dari
Ferrari
flos ferri
gharri
Henri
hori
karri
kirri
Mari
marri
Missouri
murri
potpourri
safari
Sri
tori
Uri

Synonyms and antonyms of Owerri in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Owerri» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OWERRI

Find out the translation of Owerri to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Owerri from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Owerri» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奥韦里
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Owerri
570 millions of speakers

English

Owerri
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Owerri
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أويري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Оверри
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Owerri
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Owerri
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Owerri
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Owerri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

owerri
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オウェリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오 웨리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Owerri
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Owerri
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Owerri ல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओवेरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Owerri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Owerri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Owerri
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Оверрі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Owerri
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Οβέρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Owerri
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Owerri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Owerri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Owerri

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OWERRI»

The term «Owerri» is very widely used and occupies the 19.939 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OWERRI» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OWERRI»

Discover the use of Owerri in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Owerri and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mbari: Art and Life Among the Owerri Igbo
Illustrated with rare field photographs and superb line drawings, this volume describes and interprets mbari houses not as isolated works of art but as monuments growing out of, and expressive of, the values and beliefs of Owerri Igbo ...
Herbert M. Cole, 1982
2
Water Resources Systems--water Availability and Global ...
The city of Owerri, Nigeria, and its environs, the object of this study, have undergone substantial industrial and population growth over the past two decades. Most of the growth has been in the Owerri metropolis, reported by Uma ( 1 984) to ...
Stewart W. Franks, 2003
3
Foreign Missionary Background and Indigenous Evangelization ...
After the war against the ' I .ong-J uju' however, the school was reopened in 1902 and the missionary activities began once again and spread around other areas in Owerri vicinity. This time in early 1912, a priest, »Father Shanahan who was ...
Nkem Hyginus M. V. Chigere, 2001
4
A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular ...
wake of the Owerri crisis demonstrate not only public discontent over corruption and inequality but a collective recognition of the role that common people play in supporting corruption and bringing about the very changes in the structure of ...
Daniel Jordan Smith, 2010
5
Cities, Towns and Villages in Imo State: Owerri, Orlu, Ihuo, ...
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 172. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
6
Monitoring tour of preemptive management of cassava mosaic ...
97/2205, 96/1632, * Obibi/lhiagwa Owerri Nze Okere 98/2101, 91/02324, 92B/ 0068 Obibi/lhiagwa Owerri Nkiri Isiguzo ... 95/0166 Obibi/lhiagwa Owerri Nwosu S. 98/02101, 91/02324, 92B/0668 Obibi/lhiagwa Owerri E. Nkwazema 98/2226, ...
7
Broken Back Axle: Unspeakable Events in Biafra
CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Federal Troops' Loss of Umudagu and the Recaptute of Owerri After the federal forces captured the city of Owerri, combined forces of S Division and Fourteenth Division besieged the city. The plan was to cut off the ...
Obi N. Ignatius Ebbe, 2010
8
Transparency and Conspiracy: Ethnographies of Suspicion in ...
appeared three days before — one of a growing number of the city's children who had disappeared or been abducted since 1994— and suspicions were aroused throughout the town that members of Owerri's social elite were somehow ...
Harry G. West, Todd Sanders, 2003
9
Political Organization in Nigeria Since the Late Stone Age: ...
1/2/3 No. C53/1930, “Aba Commission of Inquiry,” Aba Division, Owerri Province, ” 1930. Abadist 1/12/154, “Officers' Diary, Akwete District, 1901–1902.” Abadist 1/ 71360 No. Ow. 7095, “Assessment Report, Aba Division (1929),” by A. Leeming.
John Oriji, 2011
10
Learning from China: The Tao Of The City
YIN AND YANG IN OWERRI, NIGERIA In 1976, when I asked Ogbonna Ukelonu, the Honorable Commissioner of Housing and Public Works for Imo State, one of Nigeria's newly created states, about the meaning of certain local traditions, ...
Carl Fingerhuth, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OWERRI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Owerri is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Imo Police, NSCDC Officials In Shoot-Out During Sanitation
By Charles Ogugbuaja, Owerri on July 26, 2015 ... Corps (NSCDC), allegedly engaged in shoot out at the premises of the latter, on Okigwe Road, Owerri. «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
2
Imo State Pensioners Call On State Government To Pay Arrears
The call was at a news conference at the Union headquarters in Owerri, the state's capital on Saturday. Addressing a news conference at the ... «CHANNELS TELEVISION, Jul 15»
3
How I Escaped Death In Prison – Obasanjo
... amounting to a coup, and he was sentenced to prison. He spent his prison term in the Kuje prison, near Abuja and Owerri prisons.” Facebook. «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
4
Air Peace: striving to become Nigeria's airline of choice
The airline serves the major cities in Nigeria including Abuja, Lagos, Asaba, Port-Harcourt, Owerri, Kebbi and Enugu. Air Peace fleet consist of ... «BusinessDay, Jul 15»
5
Why Ganduje Fired Kano Pillars Coach
... attacked by armed bandits on their way to an away-game against Heartland of Owerri. This also affected their continental performance which ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
6
Lagos driver yet to return 3 weeks after Owerri trip
It was gathered that Monday who was hired to take a passenger from Lagos to Owerri, the Imo state capital, was last heard from on 30 June, ... «P.M. News, Jul 15»
7
And the Amazon Bows Out in Blaze of Glory
Born into the famous Nathan Okeoma Ejiogu family of Umuakpadike Kindred, in Umuayalu Village in Egbu Owerri North Local Government ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
8
As a Comedian, My Wife Doesn't Joke with Me
I had my primary education at Alvan Ikoku Demonstration School, Owerri, Imo State, before I got admission to Mbaise Secondary School, in Imo ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
9
15 oil workers brutalised by Naval Officers in Abia
Some officers of the Naval School of Finance and Logistics, Owerri-Nta in Abia State, have allegedly forced 15 workers of an oil company to lie ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
10
Wikki explains scandalous loss to Heartland
Captain of Wikki Tourists, Mustapha Ibrahim has said his side's 0-4 loss to Heartland in their week 19 match in Owerri was caused by loss of ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Owerri [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/owerri>. May 2024 ».
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