Ibadan

English

Proper noun

Ibadan

1. A city, the state capital of Oyo State, Nigeria

Translations

city in Nigeria

• Hausa: Bā̀dùn f
• Yoruba: Ìbàdàn

Anagrams

• badian, Badian, indaba

Yoruba

Etymology

From ẹ̀bá (“edge, aside”) +‎ ọ̀dàn (“grassland, savannah”), literally “At the edge of the grassland”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.bà.dã̀/

Proper noun

Ìbàdàn

1. Ibadan (a city, the state capital of Oyo State, Nigeria)
2. A Yoruba subethnic group
3. A dialect of Yoruba spoken by the people of Ìbàdàn

Derived terms

• Olúbàdàn