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PRONUNCIATION OF ILORIN

Ilorin  [ɪˈlɒrɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILORIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ilorin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ILORIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ilorin

Ilorin is one of the largest cities in Nigeria and is the capital of Kwara State. As of 2007 it had a population of 847,582.

Definition of Ilorin in the English dictionary

The definition of Ilorin in the dictionary is a city in W Nigeria, capital of Kwara state: agricultural trade centre. Pop: 714 000.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ILORIN


antiforeign
ˌæntɪˈfɒrɪn
aspirin
ˈæsprɪn
brethren
ˈbrɛðrɪn
brin
brɪn
Catherine
ˈkæθrɪn
chagrin
ˈʃæɡrɪn
doctrine
ˈdɒktrɪn
Drin
drɪn
Erin
ˈɪərɪn
florin
ˈflɒrɪn
foreign
ˈfɒrɪn
grin
ɡrɪn
Katharine
ˈkæθərɪn
Katherine
ˈkæθərɪn
Kirin
ˈkiːˈrɪn
mandarin
ˈmændərɪn
Marin
ˈmɑːrɪn
sovereign
ˈsɒvrɪn
Turin
tjʊəˈrɪn
urine
ˈjʊərɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILORIN

Illyria
Illyrian
Illyricum
Ilmen
ilmenite
ILO
Iloilo
ILR
ILS
ILU
Ilves
ILWU
Ilyushin

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILORIN

aequorin
aquaporin
Cape Comorin
cephalosporin
chlorin
chlorocruorin
ciclosporin
Comorin
cyclosporin
euchlorin
fiorin
fluorin
taborin

Synonyms and antonyms of Ilorin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Ilorin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILORIN

Find out the translation of Ilorin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Ilorin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Ilorin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伊洛林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ilorin
570 millions of speakers

English

Ilorin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Ilorin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إلورين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Илорин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ilorin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Ilorin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Ilorin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ilorin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ilorin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イロリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Ilorin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ilorin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Ilorin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Ilorin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आयोरिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ilorin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ilorin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ilorin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ілорін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ilorin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ilorin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ilorin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Ilorin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ilorin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Ilorin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILORIN»

The term «Ilorin» is regularly used and occupies the 86.754 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILORIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Ilorin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Ilorin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ilorin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILORIN»

Discover the use of Ilorin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ilorin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Power Relations in Nigeria: Ilorin Slaves and Their Successors
Study of slavery and its legacy in Nigeria from 19c through colonialism to independence and after.
Ann O'Hear, 1997
2
A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt: An African Memoir
The poet was not thinking about the deaf and lost like me, but about those who heard what was said at Ilorin yet found it difficult to understand. So famous has Ilorin become in the art of doublespeak that people are advised to go there for ...
Toyin Falola, 2005
3
Hegemony and Culture: Politics and Change Among the Yoruba
The most common interpretation of Ilorin's challenge to Oyo supremacy in the nineteenth-century civil wars concerns the Islamicization of Ilorin and the concomitant continuation of the Fulani jihad into Yoruba- land with Ilorin as the base ...
David D. Laitin, 1986
4
Yoruba Gurus: Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa
in Ilorin between 1900 and 1957, the period covered by his work. He, however, reports an important incident between Ilorin and Offa in 1957. This was the proposed retirement, by the Ilorin Native Council, of Oba Isioye I, the Oloffa of Offa.9' ...
Toyin Falola, 1999
5
African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance
There are several notable Ilorin Quranic recitation voices, occassionally a new Chief Imam or any notable Imam in any of the area mosques creates a new recitation voice-pattern. Each voice is recognized as a special pattern of rendition and ...
Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, 2010
6
Arabic Literature of Africa: The writings of central Sudanic ...
He became a teacher at Dar al-culum himself, then principal of the Islamic Welfare Centre (al-Markaz al-lslaml al- Khayrl), first established in 1973 in the Old Central Mosque of Ilorin as a Higher Arabic School for adults. In 1976 he became ...
John O. Hunwick, Rex Séan O'Fahey, 1995
7
Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation
But the Ilorin Talaka Parapo was more closely identified with commercial interests than any opposition party in the Western Region, owing to the exclusion of businessmen from the governing elite of the North. It is not surprising that the Ilorin ...
Richard L. Sklar, 2004
8
The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World
The city-state of Ilorin took over some of Oyo's role as a slave supplier, both by capture and by trade. Ilorin's pre-emirate ruler and rebellious Oyo general, Afonja , captured and enslaved people in the area immediately around the city of Ilorin ...
Toyin Falola, Matt D. Childs, 2005
9
The History of the Yorubas: From the Earliest Times to the ...
Ilorin Intrigues and the Fall of Ofa We have seen above how anxious Ogedemgbe was about the war going on at Ofa, how he wished the Commissioners to include this in their efforts, being as it were a part of the same war. He tried to induce ...
Samuel Johnson, Johnson, Obadiah Johnson, 2010
10
Nigerian Pidgin
Since the past auxiliary bìn is semantically marked in that it signals [−completive] aspect more readily than [+completive] aspect (see 2.1.3) the use of dè is optional when bìn marks past tense: (887) A bìn ste fòr Ilorin. 1sP +P stay p Ilorin ' I was ...
Nick Faraclas, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILORIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Ilorin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Divergent Views Trail Kwara's New Internal Revenue Regime …
Rasaq Atunwa now lawmaker representing Ilorin West/Asa federal constituency at the national assembly. The assembly however deliberated ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
2
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Eid-El-Fitr - Security Agencies Deploy 10,000 …
Ilorin — Ahead of the Eid-el- Fitr celebrations, security agencies in Kwara state have deployed about 10,000 personnel to maintain peace and ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
Eid-el fitri: Security agencies strategise against law breakers
The Ilorin eid praying ground and environs are particular focus points. As part of the arrangements, the Ilorin Central praying ground committee ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
4
Ahmed wants states to enhance internally generated revenue drive …
Ahmed said this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, adding that the recent bail out by the federal government to all tiers of government for the ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
5
CAN Confronts NSCIA Secretary General over Comments on …
... CAN has been drawn to the series of lies spewed by the Secretary-General of NSCIA and ex-Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Ishaq «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
6
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: "182,000 Nigerians Die Annually From …
... Ibadan, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin and the National Hospital, Abuja. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Gaviscon Boosts Support to Heartburn Patients , Articles | THISDAY …
... and Annual General Meeting of the Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria (SOGHIN) in Ilorin, Kwara State under the theme, ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
8
Corpse of missing boy found floating in river - Daily Trust
The deceased, identified as Gafar Solihu, hailed from Ile-Jalala, Idi-Agbon compound in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. He was said to be a JSS ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
9
Nigeria eyes N4.8bn from call centre investment | Naija247news
“The company has committed to setting up four stateof- the-art facilities in Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ilorin and Kano. It plans to employ about 4,000 ... «Naija247news, Jul 15»
10
Science towards a clean and developed environment (7) | The …
Madam Rector Ma, I must through you register my appreciation to University of Ilorin for granting my group the Senate Research Grant to carry ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»

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