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Yorubaland

Yorubaland proper noun: the homeland of the Yoruba people in the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo in West Africa.

yorubaland: the homeland of the Yoruba people in the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo in West Africa
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Proper noun

Yorubaland

  1. The homeland of the Yoruba people in the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo in West Africa.
    • The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves.1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 14
    • In some parts of precolonial Yorubaland, […] twins and their parents were either banished or ritually slaughtered.2024, J. Shola Omotola, Samuel Oyewole, The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria, page 156

Forms of Yorubaland

alternative formYorùbáland

Origin of Yorubaland

From Yoruba + -land.

Questions about Yorubaland

What does Yorubaland mean?
Yorubaland means the homeland of the Yoruba people in the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo in West Africa.
What part of speech is Yorubaland?
Yorubaland is a proper noun.

Words near Yorubaland in the dictionary

  1. yortsayt
  2. yortsayts
  3. yortseit
  4. yortzite
  5. Yoruba
  6. Yorubaland
  7. Yoruban
  8. Yorubans
  9. Yorubas
  10. Yorubian
  11. Yorubians

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