Ekiti-Parapọ
Yoruba
Etymology
From Èkìtì (“Ekiti people”) + parapọ̀ (“to unite”), literally “Ekiti Unite”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /è.kì.tì.k͡pā.ɾā.k͡pɔ̀/
Proper Noun
Èkìtì-Parapọ̀
- A union between the Yoruba sub-ethnic groups Èkìtì, Ìjẹ̀ṣà, Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìgbómìnà in the late 1870s formed to fight against the Ìbàdàn forces in the Kiriji War (Ogun Kírìjí)
Derived terms
- Ogun Èkìtì-Parapọ̀ (“Kiriji War, Ekiti-Parapo War”)