Iwarẹ

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Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ìwà +‎ rẹ, cognate with Edo Igharẹ, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, Ị̀àrẹ, Èghàrẹ, Ùwàrẹ, perhaps from the same root as ààrẹ (leader, president)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ìwàrẹ

  1. the highest class of chiefs in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the Ìwàrẹ̀fà
    Synonym: Ìwàrẹ̀fà

Noun

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Ìwàrẹ

  1. a high-ranking chief of a Yoruba town; a member of the Ìwàrẹ̀fà council of chiefs

Derived terms

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