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Ekiti
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English
+ State
Etymology
From en yo Èkìtì.
Proper noun
en state c/Nigeria ;; in the <<geopolitical zone:suf/South West>> Ado Ekiti.
en historical country r/Yorubaland in r/West Africa.
Noun
p
A major subgroup of the Yoruba people of West Africa.
Yoruba
Etymology
From yo èkìtì hills, which describes the landscape of the Èkìtì homeland. Perhaps from an obsolete plural form, compare with yo òkìtì
Pronunciation
Èkìtì
Proper noun
Èkìtì
yo state c/Nigeria ;; in the <<geopolitical zone:suf/South West>>
yo historical country r/Yorubaland in r/West Africa
yo collectively Ekiti people, a subgroup of the Yoruba people
A dialect of the Yoruba language
Derived terms
yo Èkìtì-Parapọ̀
yo Ethnonyms Dialects