Isoko

English Etymology en bin isoko outskirts, environs, referring to the fact that some of the predecessors of the Isoko migrated from the Kingdom of Benin to modern-day Isokoland, and thus the name represented those who lived on the outskirts of the Benin Empire.Benjamin Uwomano Okpevra, Origins of the Isoko People of South-Central Nigeria Reconsidered, University of Uyo Journal of Humanities (UUJH), Volumes 16-17, No. 1, page 146 Noun * s A member of an ethnolinguistic group who inhabit the Isoko region of Delta State and Bayelsa State, Nigeria. en 1913 Royal Geographical Society The Geographical Journal http://books.google.com/books?id=wW0TAAAAIAAJ&q=%22an+Isoko%22&dq=%22an+Isoko%22&lr=&as_brr=0&pgis=1 119 As far as I can tell it was due to the preaching of an African Christian, not an Isoko, who visited those parts on business during the war; Derived terms en Isokoland land of the Isoko Proper noun The language spoken in the Isoko region and Niger Delta in Nigeria, by the Isoko people. It is linguistically similar to the language of the neighboring Urhobo people. Translations language Swahili: sw Kiisoko 7 References Ikime Obaro History of the Urhobo people of Niger Delta http://books.google.com/books?id=fFdeYB1lIPwC&printsec=frontcover#PPA427,M1 2007 Urhobo Historical Society 9789780772888 Thoughts on the Isoko-Urhobo Relaations The Isoko Tribe April 1934 James W. Welch Africa: Journal of the International African Institute Edinburgh University Press 7, no. 2 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1155529 160-173 Further reading 1 iso iso Anagrams en ikoos Koiso Koois oikos en Languages Ethnonyms