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Meaning And Origin Of Some Cities In South West Nigeria by Totino: 7:53am On Jun 21, 2016 |
OSOGBO was coined out of Oso igbo (Wizard of the Forest). This was as a result of earlier settlers who surprisingly met a man at the River Osun river and they referred to as ‘Wizard of the Forest’ Oso igbo which led to the name Osogbo. IGBOMINA came from ‘Ologbo lo mọ ọna’ meaning , it is the flag-bearer that knows the road. During the olden days’ war, The Ajagunla (Ọrangun of Ila) was the flag bearer, who carries the Flag, known as ‘Ogbo’, this Ogbo helped in directing other warriors to the right roads. ‘Ologbo lo mọ ọna’ later become ‘Igbomina’ IBADAN originated from ‘Ẹba-Ọdan’ which means between the forests and the plains. Before 1829 Lagelu, the Jagun (commander-in-chief) of Ifẹ and Yoruba's generalissimo, left Ile Ifẹ with some people from Ifẹ, Ọyọ and Ijebu to found a new city at Ẹba-Ọdan which is now known today as Ibadan. IGBOHO is from ‘Igbo ti nho’ meaning 'Whispering Forest'. When Fulanis in conjunction with Afonja military, destroyed the old Ọyọ Empire, Ọyọ people dispersed into the forest to avoid being noticed by the Afonja military men, they communicated by whispering to one another. The people settled close to the area noticed that the forest was making unidentified noise and tagged the place as ‘Ibi ti igbo ti nho’ (where the forest whisper) which became Igboho today. OGBOMOSHO was generated from ‘Ogbori Elemọshọ’ when Sọun Ogunlọla, a great hunter,who later became the first Sọun of Ogbomọshọ,helped the old Ọyọ Empire to kill Elemọshọ and brought his head to Alaafin. People began to refer to the settlement of Sọun Ogunlọla as ’Ibiti wọn ti gbe Ori Elemọshọ’. ỌYỌ was from ‘Ibi ti Ẹsin ti yọ’ (where the horse slipped). When Oranmiyan left Ile Ifẹ to found his Kingdom elsewhere, the Oracle told him to stop and establish his kingdom wherever his horse slips (yọ). Ibi ti esin ti ‘yọ’ is now known as Ọyọ. EKITI was derived from ‘Ilẹ Olokiti’, Mountainous land. When the descendants of Agbonniregun baba Ifa and some other people left Ile Ife to found a new kingdom, they decided to settle at where they saw lots of mountains and they said this is ‘Ilẹ Olokiti’ which later transformed to Ekiti. IKEJA was named after an Awori hunter known as Akeja Onigorun, he was a successful hunter who was famous within the Awori clan of the Yoruba people hence the present name Ikeja the state government seat of Lagos BADAGRY came into being around 1425 A.D. The area known as Badagry was founded by a farmer who had his farm on the peninsular named Agbede. The farm was later known as Agbede’s farm. Agbede’s farm was referred to as Agbedegreme, which was later, coined into Agbadarigi by the Yoruba alien and eventually pronounced as Badagry by the European slave merchants when the coast of Badagry was discovered and opened to the New world. ILE IFẸ got its name when Oduduwa arrived the settlement now called Ile Ifẹ, It was believed that Oduduwa came with a giant cock and parcel of sand. The cock then spreads the sand and the land further expands, meaning Ilẹ fẹẹ (land expands). In Yorubaland, gbọgbọ nkan lo ni bo ṣe jẹ (In Yorubaland, everything has it own peculiarity). odumchi, Fulaman198, bigfrancis21 this can add to seun, naijaboiy and some people's pile of knowledge 1 Like |
Re: Meaning And Origin Of Some Cities In South West Nigeria by isan(m): 8:05am On Jun 21, 2016 |
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Re: Meaning And Origin Of Some Cities In South West Nigeria by IamPatriotic(m): 8:11am On Jun 21, 2016 |
Please whoever is commenting on this thread should do in Yoruba language. OP , eku ise opolo, Oduduwa a give wa ooo sugbon mi o ri Oruko ilu mi, ati idi ti oruko na fiwa'ye... Ikare, Ondo, Owo ati Akure Oloyemekun |
Re: Meaning And Origin Of Some Cities In South West Nigeria by Adekorya: 8:20am On Jun 21, 2016 |
IamPatriotic:Kini give nse ninu yoruba ? |
Re: Meaning And Origin Of Some Cities In South West Nigeria by Totino: 8:20am On Jun 21, 2016 |
IamPatriotic: Ese pupo. Nipa ti ilu yin, we are just showing the bird from the pocket (Jenifer's interpretation) |
Re: Meaning And Origin Of Some Cities In South West Nigeria by ikbnice(m): 8:38am On Jun 21, 2016 |
OP, wa gba'yi, o tun je kin ni imo kun imo. Opolo tire na o ni joba. |
Re: Meaning And Origin Of Some Cities In South West Nigeria by Pheals(f): 8:46am On Jun 21, 2016 |
Make I add the little I know- I dey come |
Re: Meaning And Origin Of Some Cities In South West Nigeria by amzee(m): 8:47am On Jun 21, 2016 |
Re: Meaning And Origin Of Some Cities In South West Nigeria by IamPatriotic(m): 9:12am On Jun 21, 2016 |
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