Ajaṣẹ

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Yoruba Àjàṣẹ́.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.d͡ʒà.t͡ʃɛ́/

Proper noun

Àjàṣẹ́ (Nigeria)

  1. Porto-Novo, capital of the Benin Republic
    Synonym: Họ̀gbónù

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to fight) +‎ ṣẹ́ (to be victorious).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.d͡ʒà.ʃɛ́/

Proper noun

Àjàṣẹ́

  1. a name for several towns in Yorubaland. The towns are often suffixed by a unique identifying term as a way of differentiating them.
    1. Porto-Novo (a city in Benin)
      1. Àjàṣẹ́ people, a subgroup of the Yoruba people who live in the town of Porto-Novo and who speak the Àjàṣẹ́ dialect of Yoruba
      2. The dialect of the Yoruba language spoken in the town of Àjàṣẹ́ (Porto-Novo).
    2. Ajasse Ipo (a city in Nigeria)
      Synonyms: Àjàṣẹ́-ìpo, Àjàṣẹ́-Ìgbómìnà

Descendants

  • Gun: Àjàṣẹ́