Ijo
[ ee-joh ]
/ ˈi dʒoʊ /
noun, plural I·jos, (especially collectively) I·jo for 1.
a member of an indigenous people of the Niger delta in southern Nigeria.
the Niger-Congo language of the Ijo.
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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
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Example sentences from the Web for ijo
I carefully questioned the head boy of the Ijo boys all about this bird that had given me so much trouble.
West African studies|Mary Henrietta Kingsley