Nollywoodn.

Brit.

/ˈnɒlɪwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈnɑliˌwʊd/, West African English

/ˈnɔliˌwud/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Hollywood n.

Etymology: Alteration of Hollywood n., after the initial letter of Nigeria (on the model of earlier Bollywood n. and Lollywood n.).

The Nigerian film industry.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema > realm of > in other countries

Wardour Street1920

Tollywood1932

Bollywood1969

Lollywood1995

Kollywood1997

Tollywood1999

Kannywood2002

Nollywood2002

Bongo2009

2002 N.Y. Times 16 Sept. a1/4 (headline) Step aside, L.A. and Bombay, for Nollywood.

2007 Film Internat. 1 July 94/1 The rise of Nollywood, with its prolific output, its spectacular popularity and its unprecedented ability to reach remote and non-elite audiences, is the most radical development to date in the history of African media.

2013 C. N. Adichie Americanah (2014) ix. 126 Why did they insist on asking if she knew Nollywood actors?

2016 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 23 Aug. A boom in locally made programmes..is stimulating hopes that Kenya could one day rival Nollywood, Nigeria's multibillion-dollar industry.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nollywood
释义	Nollywoodn. Brit. /ˈnɒlɪwʊd/, U.S. /ˈnɑliˌwʊd/, West African English /ˈnɔliˌwud/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Hollywood n. Etymology: Alteration of Hollywood n., after the initial letter of Nigeria (on the model of earlier Bollywood n. and Lollywood n.). The Nigerian film industry. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema > realm of > in other countries Wardour Street1920 Tollywood1932 Bollywood1969 Lollywood1995 Kollywood1997 Tollywood1999 Kannywood2002 Nollywood2002 Bongo2009 2002 N.Y. Times 16 Sept. a1/4 (headline) Step aside, L.A. and Bombay, for Nollywood. 2007 Film Internat. 1 July 94/1 The rise of Nollywood, with its prolific output, its spectacular popularity and its unprecedented ability to reach remote and non-elite audiences, is the most radical development to date in the history of African media. 2013 C. N. Adichie Americanah (2014) ix. 126 Why did they insist on asking if she knew Nollywood actors? 2016 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 23 Aug. A boom in locally made programmes..is stimulating hopes that Kenya could one day rival Nollywood, Nigeria's multibillion-dollar industry. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.2002
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