Ijaye
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Yoruba
Alternative forms
- Ìjàìyè (outdated spelling)
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jà (“to fight”) + yè (“to survive”), literally “The act of fighting and surviving”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ìjàyè
- (historical) an Ọ̀yọ́ military and trade town founded by a grandson of Aláàfin Abíọdún, Òrìṣàbíyìí. Most of its inhabitants were of the Ẹ̀gbá-Àgùrá subethnic group. It was destroyed by Ìbàdàn during the Ìjàyè war
- Synonym: Ìjàyè Orílé
- (historical) the short-lived Ijaiye kingdom founded in the town of Ìjàyè, which fell at the end of the Ìjàyè war.
- a district in modern-day city of Abẹ́òkúta; founded by refugees of the original town of Ìjàyè
- (historical) the conflict between the kingdom of Ìjàyè and Ìbàdàn from 1861-1862; resulting in the destruction of Ìjàyè.
- Synonyms: Ogun Ìjàyè, Ogun Bátẹ̀dó