Nollywood tana nufin masana'antar fim ta Najeriya . Asalin kalmar ta samo asali ne a farkon shekarun 2000, wanda aka samo asali zuwa wata kasida a cikin jaridar New York Times. Saboda tarihin haɓaka ma'anoni da abubuwan da ke faruwa, babu wata ma'ana mai ma'ana ko yarjejeniya don kalmar, wanda ya sa ta zama batun jayayya da yawa. Asalin kalmar "Nollywood" har yanzu ba a sani ba; Jonathan Haynes ya bi diddigin farkon amfani da kalmar zuwa labarin 2002 da Matt Steinglass ya buga a jaridar New York Times, inda aka yi amfani da ita wajen bayyana sinima ta Najeriya . Charles Igwe ya lura cewa Norimitsu Onishi kuma ya yi amfani da sunan a cikin labarin Satumba na 2002 da ya rubuta wa New York Times. A lokaci ya ci gaba da za a yi amfani da a kafofin watsa labarai don koma zuwa Nijeriya fim, tare da definition daga baya zaci su zama wani portmanteau daga cikin kalmomi "Nigeria" da kuma " Hollywood ", babbar cibiyar finafinai ta Amurka. Ma'anar abin da ake kallon fina -finan Nollywood ya kasance batun muhawara.