Koso

Appendix:Variations of "koso" English Noun p en Timbisha Native American tribe. Finnish Etymology Variant of fi Kosonen. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Finnish Declension Kos o a Statistics dvv_20250813 219 References Slovak Pronunciation Proper noun m-pr Kosová sk m Declension m-pr surn Further reading Yoruba Etymology From the phrase yo Ọba kò so The king did not hang, ultimately from yo kò so negation prefix not to hang The place where the King did not hang This comes from a Yoruba legend in which the location Kòso is believed to be where Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́ yo Ṣàngó hanged himself. After discovering his body, his followers declared to the people that "Ọba kò so," "the King did not hang," and announced that Ṣàngó had not hanged, and instead ascended to heaven as an yo òrìṣà. Pronunciation Kòso Proper noun Kòso A legendary place associated with the orisha yo Ṣàngó, it is believed to be where Ṣàngó in his human form the King of Oyo hanged himself and became an orisha An area in the town of Ọ̀yọ́ near the palace of yo Aláàfin where the annual Shango festival is held, and serves as the center of the worship of Shango. Derived terms yo Olúkòso oríkì of Shango yo Ọba Kòso A nickname for Shango yo Yoruba religion