Onitsha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Igbo Ọ̀nị̀chà.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: O‧nit‧sha

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Proper noun

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.

Translations

city in Nigeria

• Hausa: Anaca
• Igbo: Ọ̀nị̀chà

Anagrams

• NATOish, Toishan