Etymograph

English

Onitsha

Onitsha comes from Igbo Ọ̀nị̀chà.

  1. IgbomodernỌ̀nị̀chà
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023Onitsha

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. IgbomodernỌ̀nị̀chà
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023Onitsha

Earliest quotation: 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa: “He tells them […] that they must leave before…”

Today it means

name A city in Anambra State, Nigeria, located on the eastern bank of the Niger river.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Igbo Ọ̀nị̀chà / Onitsha