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MAIDUGURI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Maiduguri mean?
• MAIDUGURI (noun)
The noun MAIDUGURI has 1 sense:
1. a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center
Familiarity information: MAIDUGURI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Maiduguri; Yerwa-Maiduguri
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Maiduguri" is a part of...):
Federal Republic of Nigeria; Nigeria (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country)
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