agbanrere

Yoruba

Àgbáǹréré (Ceratotherium simum, white rhinoceros)

Alternative forms

• àgbámùréré

Etymology

From Contraction of àgbámùréré. Originally referring to the roan antelope and other species large antelope in the savanna of Northern Yorubaland, its definition has now been extended to the rhinoceros in modern usage. Rhinoceroses never live in what is now Yorubaland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bá.ŋ̀.ɾé.ɾé/

Noun

àgbáǹréré

1. a species of large antelope (in particular) roan antelope
2. (inexact, modern) rhinoceros (traditionally, rhinoceros did not live in the range of Yorubaland)
3. (mythology) nickname for a unicorn-like creature