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Yoruba
Etymology
From ì- + wàrẹ, cognate with Edo Igharẹ, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, Ị̀àrẹ, Èghàrẹ, Ùwàrẹ, perhaps from the same root as ààrẹ (“leader, president”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ìwàrẹ
- the highest class of chiefs in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the Ìwàrẹ̀fà
- Synonym: Ìwàrẹ̀fà
Noun
Ìwàrẹ
- a high-ranking chief of a Yoruba town; a member of the Ìwàrẹ̀fà council of chiefs
Derived terms