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Ijo

American  
[ee-joh] / ˈi dʒoʊ /

noun

  • Ijos,
    plural
  • Ijo
    plural
  1. a member of an Indigenous people of the Niger delta in southern Nigeria.

  2. the Niger-Congo language of the Ijo.


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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

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

Their mother, Mrs. Ijo, feeling unwell, had checked herself into a hospital that morning.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2018

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

In this territory is the once far-famed city of Benin, where lived the king, to whom the Jakri, the Sobo, and the Ijo tribes paid tribute.

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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