Ìlárá
name
/ì.lá.ɾá/
Ùláá (alternative), Ùlárá (alternative)
Definitions
- an ancient town is believed to be the ancestral origin of towns named Ilara
- the name for several Yoruba towns. Unique suffixes are commonly attached to the town's name as a means of differentiating them (ex. Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín); Ilara-Mokin (an Ekiti Yoruba town in Ondo, Nigeria)
- the name for several Yoruba towns. Unique suffixes are commonly attached to the town's name as a means of differentiating them (ex. Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín); Ìlárá-Rẹ́mọ (a Rẹ́mọ Yoruba town in Ogun, Nigeria)
- the name for several Yoruba towns. Unique suffixes are commonly attached to the town's name as a means of differentiating them (ex. Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín); Ìlárá-Yéwa (a Yéwa Yoruba town in Ogun, Nigeria)
- the name for several Yoruba towns. Unique suffixes are commonly attached to the town's name as a means of differentiating them (ex. Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín); Ìlárá-Ẹ̀pẹ́ (a Rẹ́mọ Yoruba town in Lagos, Nigeria)
Etymology
From ìlú (“town”) + Ará (“Ara”), literally “town of Ará”, from ará (“family, community, relation”)
* Ará is regarded as the original town from which all modern Ìlárá towns emerged from, see Alárá, the title of each ruler of the modern Ìlárá towns, which still refers to Ará.
Component words
ìlútownAráAra
Used in
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ilara”.
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