Ife
Americannoun
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a town in SW Nigeria.
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a male or female given name: from a Yoruba word meaning “love.”
noun
Example Sentences
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Several characters, such as Benjamin Clementine’s air-raid warden Ife, are based on real figures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
He established Nigeria’s first museums in Esie in 1945, Jos in 1952 and Ife in 1955.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
Ife Jones, a first-year student at Emory University in Atlanta, linked her current activism to the 1960s civil right movement, which her family had participated in.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
The 19-year-old student, whose nickname is Ife, appeared shocked, her face burnt and her hair matted with thick grey ash.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
She’d never seen so much cement and so many tall buildings in her Ife.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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