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Sokoto

Syllables: So·ko·to

Sokoto proper noun: a state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Sokoto City.

Proper noun

Sokoto

  1. A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Sokoto City.
    • It rains almost everywhere, even in Sokoto, where you can practically smell the Sahara.2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 130
  2. A city, the state capital of Sokoto State, Nigeria.
  3. (historical) A former caliphate in West Africa centred on the city of Sokoto; extant from 1804 to 1903.

Origin of Sokoto

From Hausa Sakkwato.

Questions about Sokoto

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

Words near Sokoto in the dictionary

  1. Sokolsky
  2. Sokolskys
  3. SOKOP
  4. SoKor
  5. sokos
  6. Sokoto
  7. Sokotra
  8. Sokotri
  9. Sokołów
  10. Sokołów Podlaski
  11. Sokrates

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