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Definition of Abuja

1. Noun. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.

Definition of Abuja

1. Proper noun. The capital city of Nigeria ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abuja

Literary usage of Abuja

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"8 2 Abuja Workshop on Mine Action, organized by London-based Africa Topics magazine, and the Nigerian-based Centre for Civil Initiatives and the Centre for ..."

2. Regional Integration and Cooperation in West Africa: A Multidimensional by Real Lavergne (1997)
"Last but not least, the Abuja Treaty draws much of its inspiration from the highly ... As we shall see in the second part of this paper, the Abuja Treaty's ..."

3. State Department: Staffing Shortfalls & Ineffective Assignment System by John Brummett, Jess T. Ford (2003)
"Abuja and Lagos have poor public sanitation, prevalence of tropical diseases and infections, ... Secondary level schooling in Abuja is of poor quality. ..."

4. Protectors Or Pretenders?: Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa by Binaifer Nowrojee (2001)
"Justice PK Nwokedi, chair of the Nigerian National Human Rights Commission, Durban, South Africa, July 2, 1998. 1'Prisons Report (Abuja: National Human ..."

5. Peacekeepers, Politicians, and Warlords: The Liberian Peace Process by Abiodun Alao, John Mackinlay, 'Funmi Olonisakin (1999)
"The extended Abuja Agreement (referred to as Abuja II) was signed in Abuja on 17 August 1996. Despite the serious challenges which had derailed the ..."

6. Up the Niger by Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman, Charles Russell Day (1892)
"A few men and women escaped from Abuja, and built themselves a new town many ... Time passed, and the new Abuja grew in size, and became a thorn in the side ..."

7. Description nautique des côtes de l'Algérie by Auguste Bérard (1850)
"Pointe Abuja. La pointe Abuja est formée par ... Au S. de la pointe Abuja, on trouve une petite baie dans laquelle on peut mouiller avec les vents d'E. ..."

8. World Report 2002: The Events of 2001 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (2002)
"Together with the United Nations, ECOWAS was directly involved in securing the November 2000 Abuja Ceasefire Agreement, and a subsequent meeting in Abuja in ..."

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