agbanrere

Yoruba
Àgbáǹréré (Ceratotherium simum, white rhinoceros)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Contraction of àgbámùréré. Originally referred to the roan antelope, its definition has now been extended to the rhinoceros

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bá.ŋ̀.ɾé.ɾé/

Noun

àgbáǹréré

  1. a species of large antelope (in particular) roan antelope
  2. (inexact, modern) rhinoceros (traditionally, rhinoceros did not live in the range of Yorubaland)
  3. (mythology) nickname for a unicorn-like creature
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