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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
*
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English area
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From: English ''area''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* ˈɛriə
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* érìà
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-area.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-area.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-area.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-area.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 31
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 336
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 1919
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 197
 
 
 
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
 
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
area: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
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#Di place wey [[different different]] people dey stay. 
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#:*{{ux|dv|Dis '''area''' for Cameroon dey suffer from Boko Haram attack. |(bbc__40278, The area in Cameroon is prone to Boko Haram attacks.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|As person dey waka pass dey '''area''', one community wey go quick catch your eye na Ajegunle. |(bbc__17317, While passing by the area, a conspicuous place is Ajegunle.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|Aha dat, dat place na rugged '''area'''. |(NST_cleaned__18275, That particular axis or area is known for nefariousness.)}}
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#Na [[wewe]] people, settings or levels.
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#: {{ux|dv|You hear any news for '''area'''? |(ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__94, Did you hear any news in our circle?)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Dem sabi her for '''area''' as Miss Environment. |(bbc__29466, She is known in the locality as Miss Environment.)}}
  
 
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====Related forms====
# case-det (frequency:466)
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*[[area boy]], [[area people]]
#: {{ux|dv|Unilag people dey for dat '''area''' |(deuber__2168, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Jesus know di people for dat '''area'''. |(JOS_18_Xtian-Preach_M__13, Jesus knew the people in that area.)}}
 
# det (frequency:248)
 
#: {{ux|dv|How di '''area''' dey be? |(KAD_29_Boys-Talk_DG__96, How is the area ?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Ehn ere dey di '''area'''. |(LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__24, Eh Women are in the area.)}}
 
# - (frequency:85)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Area''' boys |(bbc__16134, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|We be '''area''' boys too. |(KAD_25_Celestine_M__8, We are also area boys.)}}
 
# case (frequency:46)
 
#: {{ux|dv|You hear any news for '''area'''? |(ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__94, Did you hear any news about this place?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem sabi her for '''area''' as Miss Environment. |(bbc__29466, __no translation__)}}
 
# amod (frequency:30)
 
#: {{ux|dv|if I wan go new '''area''', na Pidgin, I go dey speak. |(NST_cleaned__32837, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|But many '''area''' people say all dis one no be true. |(bbc__22986, __no translation__)}}
 
# nmod (frequency:26)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Moi Girls Secondary dey Kibera '''area''' of di capital city. |(bbc__67551, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na of CMS primary school, wey dey Bariga '''area''' of di state. |(ja102__3444, __no translation__)}}
 
# det-nmod (frequency:22)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem go the '''area''' of Caesarea Philippi. |(jw__1021, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dis '''area''' for Cameroon dey suffer from Boko Haram attack. |(bbc__40278, __no translation__)}}
 
# dep-det (frequency:14)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di, di '''area''' of… |(BEN_37_French-President-Marriage_DG__3, The, the area of...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|as na dat '''area''' we food dey come from. |(bbc__186, __no translation__)}}
 
# amod-det (frequency:13)
 
#: {{ux|dv|e destroy di whole '''area'''. |(bbc__69115, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|For, for, for dis kind '''area''', na… |(IBA_10_Recession_DG__155, In... in... in this kind of setting, it's...)}}
 
# dep (frequency:8)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Aha dat, dat place na rugged '''area'''. |(NST_cleaned__18275, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|As person dey waka pass dey '''area''', one community wey go quick catch your eye na Ajegunle . |(bbc__17317, __no translation__)}}
 
# advmod (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Area''' where di accident happen |(bbc__16141, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Later, e come go '''area''' where publisher no too dey to help dem. |(jw__2290, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc-det (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem say for dat community, na im dey epp chook eye for dia security problem and dat one don epp reduce di way thief di come di '''area'''. |(bbc__29630, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dis plan wey never begin na to bring thousands of people wey run from Bama and di '''area''' around am, but tori be say e never clear where those wey gree return go carry head put. |(bbc__42494, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Cholera outbreak for Nigeria get connection wit food wey don spoil, bad water and '''area''' wia no clean. |(bbc__25526, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|For di streets and '''area''', e dey hard to find anybodi wey want Mr Mugabe to remain for office, na wetin Mr Harding talk, but to talk about how e wan begin comot office and who go take over after everything go take time. |(bbc__51364, __no translation__)}}
 
# acl-det (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di robbers land di '''area''' for 4pm Thursday 5 April, block road den enta plenty commercial banks and di police station wey dey di '''area''' wia dem kill nine policemen wey include one pregnant policewoman. |(bbc__38030, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di robbers land di '''area''' for 4pm Thursday 5 April, block road den enta plenty commercial banks and di police station wey dey di '''area''' wia dem kill nine policemen wey include one pregnant policewoman.By di time di robbers finish dia bad-bad work, dem don steal millions of naira. |(bbc__38032, __no translation__)}}
 
# nmod-obj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem rescue four children along with di 19 women Lagos State Police Command say dem don burst wetin dem say na one 'baby factory' detention camp for Ikotun '''area''' of di state and rescue nineteen pregnant girls between di ages of 15 and 28. |(bbc__29452, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Tori won give conditional approval to Turkey pipo, to dey fit travel without visa to Europe passport-free '''area''' of Schengen. De say, dis move, na part of one of di deal-dem, wey Turkey sign, to take dey enjoy, as dem agree to dey take back migrant-dem wey don already cross over di Aegean sea enter Greece. |(ja102__4710, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
* [[Ore area|Ore area]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|On Friday gunmen kill di daughter of Afenifere group leader for Ore area of Ondo state. |(bbc__62429, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Last month, gunmen kill di daughter of Afenifere group leader for Ore area of Ondo state. |(bbc__40946, __no translation__)}}
 
* [[Wuse area|Wuse area]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di group waka from Wuse area to Begger and na only 30 minutes dem spend compare to di hours wey dem dey cari do di procession before. |(bbc__12241, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Tori say gunshot and teargas from Police flow for Wuse area of Abuja, Nigeria as Shiites protesters kontinu dia protest on Tuesday for di third day. |(bbc__95593, __no translation__)}}
 
* [[area boy|area boy]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|But all dose area boy, dey con carry cutlass, con dey gada sey if NEPA climb dis pole, sey e wan cut dis light, dat cutlass, na im neck o. |(LAG_09_Country-Wahala_DG__2, But those area boys, they will then carry cultlasses and be assembling that if NEPA staff member climbs this pole, that he wants to disconnect the light, that cultlass, is for his neck.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Other Di market wey dem scata Police for Lagos don arrest five pipo, afta clash between one Hausa scavenger wey dey pick tins and one Yoruba area boy for Ilepo market, south west Nigeria almost turn tribal war. |(bbc__79428, __no translation__)}}
 
* [[area boys|area boys]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|We be area boys too. |(KAD_25_Celestine_M__8, We are also '''area boys'''.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|We area boys, we no go gree. |(JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__58, We, the '''area boys''', we will not agree.)}}
 
* [[leg area|leg area]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di 34-year-old bin dey mock Atletico coach Diego Simeone, wen im turn to face di fans dem and put im hand for im leg area wen im team win 3-0 for dia second leg. |(bbc__30499, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di 34-year-old bin copy wetin Atletico coach Diego Simeone, bin do wen im turn face di fans dem and put im hand for im leg area wen im team win 2-0 for di first leg. |(bbc__30498, __no translation__)}}
 
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* town 0.80 761, village 0.78 764, place 0.71 2592, community 0.69 840, villages 0.67 163, road 0.66 1516, camps 0.66 78, building 0.66 450, jos 0.65 196
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* [[place]]
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* town 0.80 761, village 0.78 764, place 0.71 2592, community 0.69 840, villages 0.67 163, road 0.66 1516, camps 0.66 78, building 0.66 450, jos 0.65 196
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition
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* English: ''Neighbourhood''

Latest revision as of 11:48, 14 February 2024

Naija

Etymology

From: English area

Pronunciation

  • érìà

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Noun

  1. Di place wey different different people dey stay.
    • Dis area for Cameroon dey suffer from Boko Haram attack.  — (bbc__40278, The area in Cameroon is prone to Boko Haram attacks.)
    • As person dey waka pass dey area, one community wey go quick catch your eye na Ajegunle.  — (bbc__17317, While passing by the area, a conspicuous place is Ajegunle.)
    • Aha dat, dat place na rugged area.  — (NST_cleaned__18275, That particular axis or area is known for nefariousness.)
  2. Na wewe people, settings or levels.
    You hear any news for area?  — (ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__94, Did you hear any news in our circle?)
    Dem sabi her for area as Miss Environment.  — (bbc__29466, She is known in the locality as Miss Environment.)

Related forms

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: Neighbourhood