YORUBALAND

Meaning of YORUBALAND in English

/yawr"euh beuh land', yohr"-/ , n.

a former kingdom in W Africa, in the E part of the Slave Coast: now a region in SW Nigeria.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

YORUBALAND — Area of western Africa, in present-day Nigeria. It once comprised several states headed by individual Yoruba kings. It flourished for …
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YORUBALAND — Area of western Africa, in present-day Nigeria. It once comprised several states headed by individual Yoruba kings. It flourished for …
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YORUBA — One of Nigeria's three largest ethnic groups, numbering more than 22 million. The many dialects comprising the Yoruba language belong …
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OYO EMPIRE — Yoruba state north of Lagos, in present-day southwestern Nigeria, that dominated, during its apogee (16501750), most of the states between …
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OYO — state, western Nigeria. Oyo was reduced in size when Osun state was created out of its eastern portion in 1991. …
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OGBOMOSHO — town, Oyo state, southwestern Nigeria. It lies on the Plateau of Yorubaland (elevation 1,200 feet ) in an area of …
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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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ILORIN — city, traditional emirate, and capital of Kwara State, western Nigeria, on the Awun River, a minor tributary of the Niger. …
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ILE-IFE — also called Ife, or Ife-lodun, town, Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. The town lies at the intersection of roads from Ibadan …
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IJEBU-ODE — town, Ogun state, southwestern Nigeria. It is situated along the highway between Shagamu and Benin City. Ijebu-Ode was by the …
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IBADAN — capital city of Oyo state, Nigeria, located on seven hills (average elevation 700 ft ), 100 mi (160 km) from …
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FULANI EMPIRE — Muslim theocracy of the Western Sudan that flourished in the 19th century. The Fulani, a people of obscure origins, expanded …
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FAGUNWA, D.O. — born 1903, or c. 1910, Okeigbo, near Ondo, Yorubaland, Southern Nigeria [now in Nigeria] died Dec. 9, 1963, near Bida, …
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AFRICAN ARTS — the visual, performing, and literary arts of native Africa, particularly of sub-Saharan, or black, Africa. The arts include the media …
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YORUBA — n. One of Nigeria's three largest ethnic groups, numbering more than 22 million. The many dialects comprising the Yoruba language …
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