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opara

opara noun: the oldest son, who has inherited the rights and responsibilities of his father after his father has died.

Noun

opara (plural opara)

  1. (Nigeria) The oldest son, who has inherited the rights and responsibilities of his father after his father has died.
    • Since the opara was the rightful successor to his father, and more or less inherited his father's political and religious functions upon his death, sending him to school, where he became ipso facto a Christian convert, meant that when his ...1980, Umoja - Volume 4, Issue 3, page 23
    • He summoned all the opara (the first sons) of each family in the clan.1991, John E. Eberegbulam Njoku, Short Stories of the Traditional People of Nigeria, →ISBN

Forms of opara

pluralopara

Origin of opara

Borrowed from Igbo.

Questions about opara

What does opara mean?
Opara means the oldest son, who has inherited the rights and responsibilities of his father after his father has died.
What part of speech is opara?
Opara is a noun.
What is the plural of opara?
The plural of opara is opara.

Words near opara in the dictionary

  1. opaquer
  2. opaquers
  3. opaques
  4. opaquest
  5. opaquing
  6. opara
  7. opas
  8. OPAT
  9. Opata
  10. Opatija
  11. Opatrny

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