kwaghe: [color=#006600][/color] Adamawa means descendants of Adama. Modibbo Adama was the patriach of the Adama dynasty, the holders of the Adamawa emirate council. Michika means the land of opportunities.

No addition or subtration.
Thats it.
FUTY is now named after Modibbo Adama!
Still on d matter in court by Jubril Aminu though!

ritux: does anyone know the meaning of Warri or the origin?

Walahi,Cant wait for the answer!

finn:
The highest point in 9ja is Chappel Waddi in Taraba state

what abt Wukari?

ogbeche77:
Chappel Waddi is in Adamawa State not Taraba

cant say in what state it is actually situates.
But Taraba has the highest town above sea level....what abt Wukari!

manchy7531:

guy wetin dey worry you.if ife is a city then what is oshogbo?

ife is more or less an ancient village that is lucky to have a federal presence(Obafemi Awolowo university) and that has transformed it to a quasi town and nothing else.don't come here on NL to propagate rubbish like there are not people from ile ife on NL.Be warned unless i will embarrass you with pictures from ife of those tilty houses which is typical of an average yoruba town.

Shor ra re oo

what state r u from?
'''shor' ra re oo''

[quote author=JW214]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)
Illorin was coined from 'Ilo' 'Irin' which tranlates as 'Iron grinder.Legend as it that there was a stone there that hunters used to sharpen their matchets.

Kaduna means my crocodiles

Kaduna means crocodiles (plural of crocodiles). Zaria formerly zazzau was names after the sister of queen Amina after she conquered zazzau. Jere was named after the way the settlers arranged their homes on a straight line. Jere means lstraight lines.birnin gwari means city of gwari for the gwari people whoe where occupants of the place. Jos means Jesus our saviour. Dala form the big hill of dala in Kano state. Sabonlayi gwari means new settlement for non indigenes of the place.tudun Wanda means hill of wada, nemaed after the person called wada.

mau1: Kaduna means crocodiles (plural of crocodiles). Zaria formerly zazzau was names after the sister of queen Amina after she conquered zazzau. Jere was named after the way the settlers arranged their homes on a straight line. Jere means lstraight lines.birnin gwari means city of gwari for the gwari people whoe where occupants of the place. Jos means Jesus our saviour. Dala form the big hill of dala in Kano state. Sabonlayi gwari means new settlement for non indigenes of the place.tudun Wanda means hill of wada, nemaed after the person called wada.

seriously?
Jos: Jesus Our Saviour!

Ila Orangun-named after a warrior who help them 2 win many war.Ila Orangun is found in osun state.

Highly informative

By some accounts abuja was named after the first king Abubakar thus:

The land now called Abuja was originally the south-western part of the ancient Habe (Hausa) kingdom of Zazzau (Zaria). It was populated for centuries by several semi-independent tribes. The largest of the tribes was Gbagyi (Gwari), followed by the Koro and a few other smaller tribes. In early 1800s when Zaria fell to Fulani invaders, Muhammed Makau, fled south with some followers and his brothers- Abu Ja and Kwaka. Abu Ja succeeded Makau in 1825.



The full name of the king was Abubakar; Abu was his nickname. By some accounts his fair complexion earned him the nickname “Ja” which means “red” or “fair-skinned” in Hausa. He became known as “Abu-Ja” meaning Abu the red” or “Abubakar the fair one “other sources say that the “Ja” is a shortened form of Ishaku Jatau, his father’s name. King Abubakar founded the kingdom of Abuja

As for Suleja

"The Emirate (of Abuja) was then asked to give up Abuja for the Federal Capital Territory. Again the council was divided. In the end, they agreed believing that the name of the emirate would become famous throughout the world. The previous town of Abuja was renamed Suleja after the then Emir Suleiman Barau and “Ja” the last syllable of the first emir’s name.

http://www.abujacity.com/abuja_and_beyond/abuja-get-to-know.html[b]

Sorry for the late reply (work matters). Dont know about Maiduguri. Will reseach on it.

Rivers state is named after d rivers and streams surrounding the state and they are known 4 sea foods

Depointer1: Who knows the meaning of BAYELSA pls? could it be Retar

BAYELSA is from the three major local governments in the state i.e. BrAss YEnagoa SAgbama. Thats what we were told during our nysc days.

Abuja is named after the founder of the suleja emirate that is Abubakar Ja sortened to Abu-ja and suleja itself after his decentdant suleman ja thus sule-Ja

HAH: Abuja is named after the founder of the suleja emirate that is Abubakar Ja sortened to Abu-ja and suleja itself after his decentdant suleman ja thus sule-Ja

pls ths man in Sule is it an english word?

@ okija juju, 'why you no' tell us the meaning of okija, uli, ihiala, amoka and some of those ur other neighbours?

Besides am yet to make any head way with 'omambala' guess ur definition is the best we have

Nice thread,can we have more for other places like Ondo,kastina,kogi,taraba,benue,gombe etc ,can we have their meaning and people should stop repeating same thing all over again,from me I know Aguda in surulere and Ogba Ikeja mean catholic in yoruba language hence they call anywhere the church is Aguda.

Delta means a place were various river start taking off udu means heart warri means house ufuoma means peace oghara efe mean share riches & ethiop was name after river ethiop sapele means play draft

present Maiduguri is a conbination of two towns of Yerwa and maiduri which was later known as maiduguri when it was named capital city of north east state and development joint it with yerwa which near by.

Maiduguri is named after it founder one mallam maidugu

Yerwa was actually herwa which means there is blessing here

Okene mean d place of antelopes or a place where antelopes are hunted.

mbatuku2:

well ur name's sake changed me. Thank God she's not from a poverty-ridden Ekiti like u. Ewu Olukwu.

Changed you huh? Then when she finds better man (seeing as she just dey use you. We name-sakers are like that), you'll go back to Yoruba bashing? Sounds like a personal problem.

A Yoruba girl must have broken you badly before you met this current one. Congrats

abubello: By some accounts abuja was named after the first king Abubakar thus:

The land now called Abuja was originally the south-western part of the ancient Habe (Hausa) kingdom of Zazzau (Zaria). It was populated for centuries by several semi-independent tribes. The largest of the tribes was Gbagyi (Gwari), followed by the Koro and a few other smaller tribes. In early 1800s when Zaria fell to Fulani invaders, Muhammed Makau, fled south with some followers and his brothers- Abu Ja and Kwaka. Abu Ja succeeded Makau in 1825.



The full name of the king was Abubakar; Abu was his nickname. By some accounts his fair complexion earned him the nickname “Ja” which means “red” or “fair-skinned” in Hausa. He became known as “Abu-Ja” meaning Abu the red” or “Abubakar the fair one “other sources say that the “Ja” is a shortened form of Ishaku Jatau, his father’s name. King Abubakar founded the kingdom of Abuja

As for Suleja

"The Emirate (of Abuja) was then asked to give up Abuja for the Federal Capital Territory. Again the council was divided. In the end, they agreed believing that the name of the emirate would become famous throughout the world. The previous town of Abuja was renamed Suleja after the then Emir Suleiman Barau and “Ja” the last syllable of the first emir’s name.

http://www.abujacity.com/abuja_and_beyond/abuja-get-to-know.html[b]

Surprised to hear that Abuja was part of the ancient Zazzau emirate. Who succeeded him(Abubakar)? Does it mean that Gbagyi ppl didn't have kings before the nineteenth century? Was the present Abuja a kingdom those days? Who says they were semi-independent? Politics at work.

abubello: By some accounts abuja was named after the first king Abubakar thus:

The land now called Abuja was originally the south-western part of the ancient Habe (Hausa) kingdom of Zazzau (Zaria). It was populated for centuries by several semi-independent tribes. The largest of the tribes was Gbagyi (Gwari), followed by the Koro and a few other smaller tribes. In early 1800s when Zaria fell to Fulani invaders, Muhammed Makau, fled south with some followers and his brothers- Abu Ja and Kwaka. Abu Ja succeeded Makau in 1825.



The full name of the king was Abubakar; Abu was his nickname. By some accounts his fair complexion earned him the nickname “Ja” which means “red” or “fair-skinned” in Hausa. He became known as “Abu-Ja” meaning Abu the red” or “Abubakar the fair one “other sources say that the “Ja” is a shortened form of Ishaku Jatau, his father’s name. King Abubakar founded the kingdom of Abuja

As for Suleja

"The Emirate (of Abuja) was then asked to give up Abuja for the Federal Capital Territory. Again the council was divided. In the end, they agreed believing that the name of the emirate would become famous throughout the world. The previous town of Abuja was renamed Suleja after the then Emir Suleiman Barau and “Ja” the last syllable of the first emir’s name.

http://www.abujacity.com/abuja_and_beyond/abuja-get-to-know.html[b]

Surprised to hear that Abuja was part of the ancient Zazzau emirate. Who succeeded him(Abubakar)? Does it mean that Gbagyi ppl didn't have kings before the nineteenth century? Was the present Abuja a kingdom those days? Who says they were semi-independent? Politics at work.

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Awori means a place where awo(earthen pot) sank
Ikorodu means oko odu. A vegetable (odu) farm.
Eko means oko (farm)[/quote]

u are wrong Eko was named by d Binis (Edo) people cos it was part of Benin kingdom then
Eko means where we gather (then for war)

Eko means where we (warriors) gathers (cos then it was part of Benin kingdom n was named by dem.
Lagos means lake of goose (named by d Portuguese n after Lagos in Portugal)

Ekpoma means our home
Ukhun was named after d husband of ekpekharame (wife)

Jos is Jesus Our Savior.

There is a SABO in almost every state in Nigeria, what does SABO mean?

mr_man: There is a SABO in almost every state in Nigeria, what does SABO mean?

Sabo is the short form of an hausa word sabongeri (I'm not sure of the hausa spelling) meaning 'foreigner's quaters'. That is why almost every 'Sabo' is highly populated by Northerners.

Nice one guyz..what abt places like olokonla, idiaraba, oko-oba etc.m hw did dey get dia name. Wanna knw