IJO

Meaning of IJO in English

/ee"joh/ , n. , pl. Ijos , ( esp. collectively ) Ijo for 1.

1. a member of an indigenous people of the Niger delta in southern Nigeria.

2. the Niger-Congo language of the Ijo.

Also, Ijaw .

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IJO — ˈē(ˌ)jō noun also ijaw -jȯ ( plural ijo or ijos also ijaw or ijaws ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. …
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IJO — also called Ijaw people of the forests of the Niger River delta in Nigeria comprising a large number of formerly …
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IJOID LANGUAGES — The smallest branch of the huge Niger-Congo language family . The Ijoid languages are found in the relatively narrow coastal …
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IJAW — noun see ijo
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NIGER-CONGO — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun Usage: usually capitalized N&C Etymology: from Niger, river of West Africa + Congo, river of central Africa : …
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IJOLITE — ˈē(y)əˌlīt, ˈiyəˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Swedish Ijo, river and village in Finland + English -lite : a granular …
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EJOO — ˈē(ˌ)jü noun ( -s ) Etymology: Java ijo : gomuti 2
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IJAW — /ee"jaw/ , n. , pl. Ijaws , ( esp. collectively ) Ijaw . Ijo.
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NIGER RIVER — The Niger and Sngal river basins and the Lake Chad basin and their drainage principal river of West Africa. With …
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ITSEKIRI — also called Jekri, Isekiri, or Ishekiri ethnic group inhabiting the westernmost part of the Niger River delta of extreme southern …
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IJOID LANGUAGES — the smallest branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It consists of a language cluster, Ijo (Ijaw), comprising seven other language …
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