# naira vs nia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### naira
*noun · frequency rank #45,535*
The official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira replaced the pound in 1973.)

### nia
*particle · IPA /njɑ(ː)˨/ · frequency rank #25,497*
Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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