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Is Abeokuta A Borrowed Ibo Name? - Travel - Nairaland

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Is Abeokuta A Borrowed Ibo Name? by highoctane(op): 7:38am On Nov 24, 2021
It could be vice versa.,
Abeokuta means under the rock may be or may not.
Ibo has it Ebe Okwute or where there is rock.
Okpuru Okwute means under the rock.any similarities?
Re: Is Abeokuta A Borrowed Ibo Name? by itsme01: 8:13am On Nov 24, 2021
Interesting.. okuuta .... Ekwuette
Re: Is Abeokuta A Borrowed Ibo Name? by Paentera(m): 8:13am On Nov 24, 2021
highoctane:
It could be vice versa.,
Abeokuta means under the rock may be or may not.
Ibo has it Ebe Okwute or where there is rock.
Okpuru Okwute means under the rock.any similarities?
Get hold of the book "History of the Yorubas" by Rev Samuel Johnson to school yourself on some documented history.

The book costs N5k at CMS Bookshop Broad Street or N8k on Roving Heights.
Re: Is Abeokuta A Borrowed Ibo Name? by Nobody: 8:17am On Nov 24, 2021
No similarities.
One could even say the Igbos borrowed the Yoruba word
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