# naira

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #45,535

## Definitions
1. The official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira replaced the pound in 1973.)

## Etymology
A contraction of Nigeria, coined by Federal Commissioner for Finance Obafemi Awolowo.

## Easily confused with
- **NRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nra)
- **nia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nia)
- **Nar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nar)
- **NASA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nasa)
- **Nina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nina)
- **nana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nana)
- **Nora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nora)
- **noir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-noir)
- **napa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-napa)
- **Niro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-niro)
- **Nara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nara)
- **naka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-naka)
- **narc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-narc)
- **nary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nary)
- **Nasr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nasr)
- **naive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-naive)
- **Nauru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nauru)
- **Nasir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nasir)
- **Noida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-noida)
- **Nanda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nanda)

## Common misspellings (6)
`anira`, `naiar`, `nairra`, `naria`, `niara`, `nnaira`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/naira