Ìgbàrà-odò
name
Definitions
- Igbara-odo (an Ekiti Yoruba town in Ekiti, Nigeria)
Etymology
Local folk etymology states it originates from Àìgbàrà (“Aigbara forest”) + odò (“river, south”), literally “The southern part of the Aigbara forest”, compare with Ìgbàrà-òkè, the sister town.
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
ÀìgbàràAigbara forestodòriver, south
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Igbara-odo”.
Reference:
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