Ife

Proper noun

Meaning

Ife

The largest city in Osun State, Nigeria.

Examples

According to him, the management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife expressed her zero tolerance against sexual harassment. Source: Internet

An author of ten books, with several others in various stages of completion, Ugorji is an alumnus of Ife Secondary School, Mbaise and Holy Ghost College, Owerri. Source: Internet

Bishop Crowther, a Yoruba man from the Ife language space, returned to the country after capture from Freetown, Sierra Leone and was pivotal in the Christianisation of the lower Niger area from the 1840s. Source: Internet

“At Ile Igbo, spiritual obeisance by the Isoros and other traditional rites were offered to formally welcome the royal baby to the Ife Royal Court and announce his names to the public. Source: Internet

As time went on, the individual city-states became more powerful with their obas assuming more powerful spiritual positions and diluting the authority of the Oni of Ife. Source: Internet

By the 18th century, the Yoruba city-states formed a loose confederation, with the Oni of Ife as the head and Ife as the capital. Source: Internet

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