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nigeria | juju |

nigeria

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Country in Western Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria.
  • Hypernyms

    *Subsahara

    Derived terms

    * Nigerian

    See also

    * Abuja * ----

    juju

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ju-ju

    Etymology 1

    From a West African language, probably originally from (etyl) joujou.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
  • The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
  • A superstitious belief in the karmic consequences of an action or behavior, usually negative in connotation.
  • That's some bad juju .
  • A type of music popular in Nigeria. (See )
  • Derived terms
    * jujuism

    Etymology 2

    Reduplication of -ju- in (marijuana).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
  • * 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, p. 75:
  • *:‘I knew a guy once who smoked jujus ,’ she said. ‘Three highballs and three sticks of tea and it took a pipe wrench to get him off the chandelier.’
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