Ajaṣẹ

Gun

Àjàṣẹ́

Alternative forms

• Àjàcɛ́ (Benin)

Etymology

From Yoruba Àjàṣẹ́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒà.t͡ʃɛ́/

Proper noun

Àjàṣẹ́ (Nigeria)

1. Porto-Novo, capital of the Benin Republic

   Synonym: Họ̀gbónù

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ jà (“to fight”) +‎ ṣẹ́ (“to be victorious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒà.ʃɛ́/

Proper noun

Àjàṣẹ́

1. a name for several towns in Yorubaland. The towns are often suffixed by a unique identifying term as a way of differentiating them.
   1. Porto-Novo (a city in Benin)
      1. Àjàṣẹ́ people, a subgroup of the Yoruba people who live in the town of Porto-Novo and who speak the Àjàṣẹ́ dialect of Yoruba
      2. The dialect of the Yoruba language spoken in the town of Àjàṣẹ́ (Porto-Novo).
   2. Ajasse Ipo (a city in Nigeria)

      Synonyms: Àjàṣẹ́-ìpo, Àjàṣẹ́-Ìgbómìnà

Descendants

• Gun: Àjàṣẹ́