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Esan

Esan proper noun: a people of South South Nigeria, whose homeland in Edo state is known as Esanland. Also the alternative spelling of Isan.

Proper noun

Esan

  1. A people of South South Nigeria, whose homeland in Edo state is known as Esanland.
  2. Their language, from the Edoid group of Niger-Congo languages.

Also used as

Esan is also the alternative spelling of Isan.

Origin of Esan

From Esan Ẹ̀sán.

Questions about Esan

What does Esan mean?
Esan means a people of South South Nigeria, whose homeland in Edo state is known as Esanland.
What part of speech is Esan?
Esan is a proper noun.

Words near Esan in the dictionary

  1. esafety
  2. esafety commissioner
  3. esafety commissioners
  4. esafloxacin
  5. Esaias
  6. Esan
  7. Esanland
  8. esaprazole
  9. ESAs
  10. Esashi
  11. ESAT

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