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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 centerplay

  Familiarity information: MAIDUGURI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAIDUGURI (noun)


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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