Ibadan

English edit

Proper noun edit

Ibadan

A city, the state capital of Oyo State, Nigeria

Translations edit

city in Nigeria

Hausa: Bā̀dùn f
Yoruba: Ìbàdàn

Anagrams edit

badian, indaba

Yoruba edit

Etymology edit

From ẹ̀bá (“edge, aside”) +‎ ọ̀dàn (“grassland, savannah”), literally “At the edge of the grassland”.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ì.bà.dã̀/

Proper noun edit

Ìbàdàn

Ibadan (a city, the state capital of Oyo State, Nigeria)
A Yoruba subethnic group
A dialect of Yoruba spoken by the people of Ìbàdàn

Derived terms edit

Olúbàdàn

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