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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southwest Nigeria north-northeast of Lagos. Founded c. 1830 as a military camp, it developed into the most powerful Yoruba city-state before coming under British control in 1893. Today it is a major commercial, industrial, and cultural center.

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  • proper noun The third largest city of Nigeria, the capital of Oyo State.

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  • noun a large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university

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Examples

  • She has traveled all over the world and has lived in Ibadan, Nigeria.

    Interview Thursday: Rev. Lisa of Black Women, Blow The Trumpet 2008

  • She has traveled all over the world and has lived in Ibadan, Nigeria.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • At the same time, he taught drama and literature at various universities in Ibadan, Lagos, and Ife, where, since 1975, he has been professor of comparative literature.

    Wole Soyinka - Biography 1987

  • Forensic evidence has already suggested the boy had strong links with a rural area in south-western Nigeria between Benin City and Ibadan, which is a 100 mile by 50 mile corridor.

    New leads in torso murder 2003

  • In a bid to warn the people/your community of what is bad, there seem to be a tacit insinuation of what "Ibadan" stands for.

    Self-Motivation, Personal Growth and Entrepreneurship Development on DeoluAkinyemi.com 2009

  • Associated Press Nigeria postponed parliamentary elections Saturday, angering voters, including these in Ibadan, and adding to worries about peaceful polling.

    Next Problem for Oil: Nigerian Elections Jerry A. DiColo 2011

  • · To assist "partner" universities like Bayero University which is now focusing on engineering, medicine and agriculture as well as the University of Ibadan, Nigeria's oldest university which is internationally recognized for its College of Medicine and social science faculty;

    Teresa Clarke: Nigeria at 50: Education is the Imperative for Nigeria's Future Teresa Clarke 2010

  • · To assist "partner" universities like Bayero University which is now focusing on engineering, medicine and agriculture as well as the University of Ibadan, Nigeria's oldest university which is internationally recognized for its College of Medicine and social science faculty;

    Teresa Clarke: Nigeria at 50: Education is the Imperative for Nigeria's Future Teresa Clarke 2010

  • The high-pitched cries of a hawker selling beans on the street floated in through the window, further away, cars were nosing against one another in long, exhausted petrol lines, lecturers were gathering to announce another strike, pensioners were raising wilting placards demanding their pensions, and Aunty Uju, freshly graduated from Ibadan, had a job at the military hospital in Victoria Island.

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Miracle 2011

  • A lady that grew up in multiple cities in Nigeria namely Benin, Ijebu-ode and Ibadan.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

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