Òǹdó
name
Oǹdó (canonical)
Definitions
- Ondo (a city in Ondo State, Nigeria)
- Ondo (a state of Nigeria)
- Ondo Kingdom (a historical kingdom in Nigeria)
- The Ondo dialect of Yoruba.
- The Ondo people.
Etymology
Folk etymology says it comes from the phrase èdó è dùdó (literally “the yam stake did not stick”). Also proposed to come from òǹ- (“agent prefix”) + ì (“nominalizing prefix”) + dó (“to settle”), literally “That which is settled”
Component words
Used in
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ondo”.
Reference:
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