Definition of Ibadan

1. Noun. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Nigeria

Definition of Ibadan

1. Proper noun. The third largest city of Nigeria, the capital of Oyo State. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ibadan

Ia antigen
Iago
Iain
Iamblichus
Ian
Ian Douglas Smith
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming
Ian Smith
Ian Wilmut
Ianson
Iapetian
Iapetus
Iaponia
Ibada
Ibadan
Ibaraki
Ibaraki virus
Iberia
Iberian
Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Sea
Iberian lynx
Iberian lynxes
Iberians
Iberis
Ibero-mesornis
Iberomaurusian
Ibert
Ibibio

Literary usage of Ibadan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Church Missionary Society: Its Environment, Its Men and by Eugene Stock (1899)
"... at ibadan: Five Years' Sufferings—Peace at Last— Progress of Lagos—The Missionaries expelled from Abeokuta— The " Bush not burnt"—The ..."

2. Seventeen Years in the Yoruba Country: Memorials of Anna Hinderer, Wife of by Anna Martin Hinderer (1873)
"... EJ ibadan. " Look not behind; seek to reeal no more The long dark shadows of past grief and fear; Look not beyond, them canst not see the shore Now ..."

3. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1891)
"From Oyo to ibadan (Yoruba). By Rev. AC Matthews. (146. 4.) NIGER COMPANY'S TERRITORY. The Organisation of the Royal Niger Company. By H. Mizon. (76. 3. ..."

4. Agricultural Marketing Directory for U.S. & Africa Trade by Mary E. Lassanyi, Wayne Olson (1997)
"Nigeria: Forestry Association of Nigeria, PO Box 4185, ibadan African Centre for Fertilizer Development (ACFD), c/o OAU, 26-28 Marina, Lagos Institute for ..."

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