Ijaye

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• Ìjàìyè (outdated spelling)

Etymology

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ jà (“to fight”) +‎ yè (“to survive”), literally “The act of fighting and surviving”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.d͡ʒà.jè/

Proper noun

Ìjàyè

1. (historical) an Ọ̀yọ́ military and trade town founded by a grandson of Aláàfin Abíọdún, Òrìṣàbíyìí. Most of its inhabitants were of the Ẹ̀gbá-Àgùrá subethnic group. It was destroyed by Ìbàdàn during the Ìjàyè war

   Synonym: Ìjàyè Orílé

2. (historical) the short-lived Ijaiye kingdom founded in the town of Ìjàyè, which fell at the end of the Ìjàyè war.
3. a district in modern-day city of Abẹ́òkúta; founded by refugees of the original town of Ìjàyè
4. (historical) the conflict between the kingdom of Ìjàyè and Ìbàdàn from 1861-1862; resulting in the destruction of Ìjàyè.

   Synonyms: Ogun Ìjàyè, Ogun Bátẹ̀dó