Ijo
Americannoun
plural
Ijos,plural
Ijo-
a member of an Indigenous people of the Niger delta in southern Nigeria.
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the Niger-Congo language of the Ijo.
Example Sentences
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Kourani joined the IJO when he was 16 and moved to the United States legally in 2003.
From Washington Post
Saab then conducted surveillance and intelligence gathering for the IJO of dozens of locations in New York and elsewhere,” including in Washington and Boston, according to court papers.
From Washington Post
“Saab understood that the information he provided to the IJO would be used to calculate the size of a bomb needed to target a particular structure and the ideal location in which to place explosive devices to maximize damage,” according to the criminal complaint filed against him.
From Washington Post
Two directors are returning this year: Kiana Harris, a Seattle artist whose third installment in her “Aje Ijo” dance film series screens Sunday, April 28, and Elijah Hasan, whose documentary about the black experience in Portland, “Where the Heart Is,” plays Saturday, April 27.
From Seattle Times
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
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