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Egungun

Egungun is the plural of Egun.

Meaning of Egun

Noun

Egun (plural Egungun)

  1. A member of the Yoruba people who performs a masquerade as an ancestor.

Questions about Egungun

What is Egungun the plural of?
Egungun is the plural of Egun.

Words near Egungun in the dictionary

  1. Egton with Newland
  2. egualen
  3. Eguia
  4. Eguias
  5. Egun
  6. Egungun
  7. Egus
  8. egushi
  9. egusi
  10. Egutpoora
  11. eguttulate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Egungun (page history and authors); Egun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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