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Ijaye
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Yoruba
Ijaiye
Alternative forms
yo Ìjàìyè outdated spelling
Etymology
From yo ì- jà yè nominalizing prefix nominalizing prefix to fight to survive The act of fighting and surviving.
Pronunciation
Ìjàyè
Proper noun
Ìjàyè
yo historical an yo Ọ̀yọ́ military and trade town founded by a grandson of yo Aláàfin yo Abíọdún, yo Òrìṣàbíyìí. Most of its inhabitants were of the yo Ẹ̀gbá-Àgùrá subethnic group. It was destroyed by yo Ìbàdàn during the Ìjàyè war
yo Ìjàyè Orílé
yo historical the short-lived Ijaiye kingdom founded in the town of Ìjàyè, which fell at the end of the Ìjàyè war.
a district in modern-day city of yo Abẹ́òkúta; founded by refugees of the original town of yo Ìjàyè
yo historical the conflict between the kingdom of yo Ìjàyè and yo Ìbàdàn from 1861-1862; resulting in the destruction of yo Ìjàyè.
yo Ogun Ìjàyè Ogun Bátẹ̀dó
yo Wars Towns Kingdoms