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Kwara

Kwara proper noun: a state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ilorin.

Proper noun

Kwara

  1. A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ilorin.
    • This is an annotated wordlist of the Ayere language, spoken in Ayere village in Kwara State, Nigeria. The wordlist was written by Mr. E.O. Olumorin for the West African Languages Survey in November 1961.2007 February 5, Roger Blench, “The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities”, in rogerblench.info, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2022, page 1

Origin of Kwara

Borrowed from Hausa Kwārà.

Questions about Kwara

What does Kwara mean?
Kwara means a state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ilorin.
What part of speech is Kwara?
Kwara is a proper noun.

Words near Kwara in the dictionary

  1. Kwanzaa
  2. Kwanzaas
  3. kwanzas
  4. Kwapa
  5. Kwapas
  6. Kwara
  7. Kwarteng
  8. Kwartengs
  9. kwashiorkor
  10. kwashiorkored
  11. kwashiorkoric

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