Ìbàdàn
name
/ì.bà.dã̀/
Definitions
- Ibadan (a city, the state capital of Oyo State, Nigeria)
- A Yoruba subethnic group
- A dialect of Yoruba spoken by the people of Ìbàdàn
Etymology
From ẹ̀bá (“edge, aside”) + ọ̀dàn (“grassland, savannah”), literally “At the edge of the grassland”.
Component words
Used in
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ibadan”.
Reference:
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