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Lawa

[la-wa]

noun legal government

LanguageWest African Pidgin (Nigeria)

Meaning
  1. Law
Examples

You must respect the Lawa of the land.

You must respect the law of the land.

The Lawa says that we must pay our taxes.

The law says that we must pay our taxes.

Pronunciationla-wa

Part of speechnoun

Registerneutral

Usage noteIt is used when speaking about legal obligations or societal rules.

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