Now, let's talk about names of Nigerian cities and towns and their meanings.
Say Nigerian cities/towns/states you know and explain what they mean.

I want to say Enugu; it means "the top of a mountain."

Tell what Abuja, Lagos, Anambra, Kano, and so forth mean.

Delta state - Part of the Niger River delta

Lagos was prolly named after the Lagoon. - not sure

Ile-Ife - Home of Love!

(Not a large city but a quasi-city)

Plateau state - named after the Jos plateau (geographic basis)

Oyo state- On Your Own. Just kiddin. I really don't know

Babamide: Oyo state- On Your Own. Just kiddin. I really don't know

We are not here for jokes! Must a mess be made out of every thread?

charlsecy4:

We are not here for jokes! Must a mess be made out of every thread?

I was not trying to derail your thread. I'm so sorry

Babamide: I was not trying to derail your thread. I'm so sorry

OK. Great.

Aso Rock. D displaced gwari indigenes of asokoro in abuja, in their gwari language. "aso" means victory, asokoro means people of victory. Its such a nice sight wit a gud meaning for Nigeria's seat of power 'aso rock'

Igbokoda: where canoes are been boarded

Borno ~ Boko Haram

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Lagos was named for Lago de Curamo, a city in Portugal, in the 15th century. The city (Lagos/Eko) bore certain similarities with its Portugese twin hence was named for that reason. On the other hand, Ubinu (Bini) royals name this same area Eko, their name for farmland as the area was used for that purpose by Bini royals.

Ihe - Light

Anambra was a british murder of the original name of the great river "Omanbala" which is the most important feeder of the river niger below lokoja.
Basicly,Omanbala means= A river on our land

Lagos (Nigeria) - Named by portuguese merchants after their port city of Lagos (portugal)

Akwa Ibom was actually named after the Qua Iboe river. Akwa Ibom can be referred to something big in magnitude. Akwa itself means Big while Ibom there is use to express how big it is. Uyo is Bush Mango tree (in Efik/Ibibio) that the fruit is used in cooking raw soup. The Igbos really know about this tree.

Kaduna was named after the river Kaduna which means "crocodiles" in Hausa. The singular word in hausa is "kada". A few of these creatures still live in the river till date!

Kaduna means crocodiles. Kada=crocodile, kaduna=crocodiles(plural).

Nairaland: it was named after Nigerian currency (Naira) . An online State that doesn't sleep @ all; it is being govern by Seun

owo2390: Ile-Ife - Home of Love!

(Not a large city but a quasi-city)

you must not be Yoruba. You need to be flogged.
Ile Ife means the land that spreads

ibadan - from the phrase 'eba odan' meaning 'beside the village'
badagry - a corruption of the original name 'agbadarigi' by british settlers
akure - a modification of the phrase 'akun re' which means 'the necklace fits'

Plateau - hill area. Definitely being the highest point above sea level in Nigeria at Shere Hills.

kaduna is d hausa name for crocodiles.they crocodiles were found abundantly in a river located in what is today d capital

blackboi: Nairaland: it was named after Nigerian currency (Naira) . An online State that doesn't sleep @ all; it is being govern by Seun

wats d capital.of nairaland pls?!

Ebonyi coined from the word Mmanyi the salty water (pond) found in Uburu that till date is use in producing salt.

Osun is named after the goddess 'osun'
Bauchi means slav
e.

Ibadan coined from "Eba Odan" meaning a place near(Eba) or at the entry of the savanah and forest(Odan), now called "Ibadan"

Ogbomoso was named after an activity of a Warrior "Soun" who killed "Elemosho", a terrorist terrorissing the Oyo people in those days, thus the name of the King and the town goes thus: Soun(d name of d warrior) of Ogbo ri Elemosho(who beheaded and killed Elemosho) which is now called "Ogbomosho" today

Ilorin: it was coined from Ilu(town) Erin(elephant)

Akure: It was gotten from Akun(neck bead) re(cut), meaning the Royal neck bead has cut

Akure means where an Ile-Ife princess's "beads was ripped-off" due to a chase by a wild Tiger.

OGUN is named after the Ogun river that flows through the state. While ABEOKUTA (the capital) means "under rock" is from the Olumo rock that provided shelter for the first settlers of the area during war.