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Yorubaland

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See also: Yorùbáland

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Etymology

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From Yoruba +‎ -land.

Proper noun

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Yorubaland

  1. The homeland of the Yoruba people in the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo in West Africa.
    • 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 14:
      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.