Ijo
Americannoun
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Ijos,
plural
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Ijo
plural
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a member of an Indigenous people of the Niger delta in southern Nigeria.
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the Niger-Congo language of the Ijo.
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PALORINYA, Uganda — On a pale dirt road in the Palorinya refugee camp in northern Uganda, Raida Ijo clung to her 16-year-old son, Charles Abu.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2018
A Red Cross tracer then set out to locate each woman, one by one, and found the correct Raida Ijo on the fifth attempt.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2018
Their mother, Mrs. Ijo, feeling unwell, had checked herself into a hospital that morning.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2018
I carefully questioned the head boy of the Ijo boys all about this bird that had given me so much trouble.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
The Jakri tribe, who inhabit that part of the country lying between the Sobo country and the Ijo country, were the dominant tribe in the lower or New Benin country.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
This I am inclined to dispute; I think they were a coast tribe like the Ijos.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
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