Ondo

See also: ondo, ondó, ondò, and -ondo

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed

• either from Basque ondo (“deep valley, ravine, gully”),
• or from Hungarian Ondó, from the given name Ond +‎ -ó (archaic diminutive), hence unrelated to ondó (“semen”).

Proper noun

Ondo (plural Ondos)

1. A surname from Hungarian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ondo is the 33530^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 680 individuals. Ondo is most common among White (86.47%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ondo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

From Yoruba Òǹdó.

Proper noun

Ondo

1. A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Akure.
2. A city in Ondo State, Nigeria.
3. A historical kingdom in Nigeria.
4. A dialect of Yoruba spoken in Ondo State.

Noun

Ondo (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) People of Ondo City, Ondo State, and/or Ondo Kingdom, collectively.

Adjective

Ondo (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Ondo City, Ondo State, Ondo Kingdom, their people or their cultures.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Ondo dialect of Yoruba.

See also

• Ondo City on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ondo State on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ondo Kingdom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dono, doon

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔndɔ]

Proper noun

Ondo m pers (female equivalent Ondová)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Ondo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Yoruba

Etymology

Folk etymology says it comes from the phrase èdó è dùdó (literally “the yam stake did not stick”). Also proposed to come from òǹ- (“agent prefix”) +‎ ì (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dó (“to settle”), literally “That which is settled”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ò.ŋ̀.dó/, /ō.ŋ̀.dó/

Proper noun

Òǹdó or Oǹdó

1. Ondo (a city in Ondo State, Nigeria).
2. Ondo (a state of Nigeria).
3. Ondo Kingdom (a historical kingdom in Nigeria).
4. The Ondo dialect of Yoruba.
5. The Ondo people.

See also

• Òndó on the Yoruba Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^yo
• Ìpínlẹ̀ Òndó on the Yoruba Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^yo