Èkó
name
/è.kó/
Definitions
- Lagos (a city in Nigeria)
- Lagos State (a state of Nigeria)
- A Yoruba subethnic group
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A Yoruba dialect spoken in Lagos by the people of Èkó
Similar words
Etymology
From Edo Eko (“Lagos”), from Edo eko (“temporary camp”).
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
ÌkkoHausa
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Eko”.
Reference:
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