area

Naija

Etymology

From: English area

Pronunciation

• ˈɛriə

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Noun

Na di place wey big small or big well well wey different different people dey stay

1. Unilag people dey for dat area  — (deuber__2168, __no translation__)

   How di area dey be?  — (KAD_29_Boys-Talk_DG__96, How is the area ?)

   Ehn ere dey di area.  — (LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__24, Eh Women are in the area.)

   You hear any news for area?  — (ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__94, Did you hear any news about this place?)

   Dem sabi her for area as Miss Environment.  — (bbc__29466, __no translation__)

   if I wan go new area, na Pidgin, I go dey speak.  — (NST_cleaned__32837, __no translation__)

   But many area people say all dis one no be true.  — (bbc__22986, __no translation__)

   Dis area for Cameroon dey suffer from Boko Haram attack.  — (bbc__40278, __no translation__)

   e destroy di whole area.  — (bbc__69115, __no translation__)

   Aha dat, dat place na rugged area.  — (NST_cleaned__18275, __no translation__)

   • As person dey waka pass dey area, one community wey go quick catch your eye na Ajegunle.  — (bbc__17317, __no translation__)

   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__)

   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__)

   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__)

Related forms

• area boy

Synonyms

• place

Translations

• English: area