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Abuja

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Abuja, Abuja Federal Capital Territory/Nigeria A Federal Capital Territory and city named after Abu Ja, King of the Hausa Kingdom of Zazzau, who founded the original town of Abuja in 1828. It was renamed Suleja in the 1970s when work was under way on a new capital city. Present‐day Abuja is nearby and has been the purpose‐built capital of Nigeria since 1991. Located close to the geographical centre of Nigeria, the new capital was intended to relieve the congestion in the previous coastal capital, Lagos, besides taking advantage of the equable climate and the rough ethnic balance in the area.

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Abuja

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Abuja , city and federal capital territory (2006 provisional pop. 1,405,201), central Nigeria. Plans to move the capital from Lagos were approved in 1976, and a 3,000-sq mi (7,770-sq km) capital territory was created near the old town of Abuja (renamed Suleja). The site was chosen for its location near the center of the country, its good climate, and small population. The planned city of Abuja is located in the center of the federal capital territory. Construction was carried on throughout the 1980s and Abuja officially became Nigeria's capital in 1991.

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Abuja

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Abuja Nigeria's administrative capital since December 1991. The new city was designed by the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, and work began in 1976. Government offices began moving in the 1980s to relieve pressure on the infrastructure of Lagos. Pop. (1996 est.) 350,000.

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Abuja

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Abuja •badger, cadger •Alger, neuralgia •ganja, grandeur, phalanger •charger, enlarger, maharaja, raja •slàinte • turbocharger •dredger, edger, hedger, ledger, pledger, St Leger •avenger, revenger •gauger, golden-ager, major, old-stager, pager, rampager, sergeant major, stager, wager •arranger, changer, danger, endanger, exchanger, Grainger, hydrangea, manger, ranger, stranger •moneychanger • teenager •bushranger •besieger, paraplegia, procedure •abridger •cringer, ginger, impinger, infringer, injure, ninja, whinger, winger •dowager • voyager • harbinger •bondager • wharfinger • packager •Scaliger •challenger, Salinger •pillager, villager •armiger • scrimmager •rummager, scrummager •manager • derringer • forager •porringer • encourager •Massinger, passenger •presager • messenger • Kissinger •integer, vintager •cottager • frontager • ravager •salvager • scavenger •Elijah, Niger, obliger •codger, dodger, lodger, roger, todger •forger, Georgia, gorger •gouger •lounger, scrounger •sunlounger • soldier •Abuja, puja

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