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name
A sub-Saharan language belonging to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, which is closely related to Yoruba.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A precolonial West African state, founded by the Igala people and located at the eastern region of the confluence of River Niger and River Benue in the Middle Belt or North-central of Nigeria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
An ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria.
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Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.
