Igala

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria.
name
  1. A sub-Saharan language belonging to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, which is closely related to Yoruba.
  2. A precolonial West African state, founded by the Igala people and located at the eastern region of the confluence of River Niger and River Benue in the Middle Belt or North-central of Nigeria.

Word forms

Igala

Etymology

Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.

Related words

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