Ileṣa

See also: ilesa

Yoruba

Alternative forms
  • Uléṣà (Ijesha, Ekiti, SEY)

Etymology

Original term in the Ijesha dialect is Uléṣà. Several folk etymologies exist, the most prominent being from ulé (“home”) +‎ ṣà (“to choose, to select”), literally “The home that we chose” or ulé (“home”) +‎ òòṣà (“orisha”), literally “Home of the orisha”, compare with Ìjẹ̀ṣà, Ùjẹ̀ṣà

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.lé.ʃà/

Proper noun

Iléṣà

  1. Ilesa (a city in Nigeria), the capital city of the Ijesha people.
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