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Isoko.

A member of an ethnolinguistic group who inhabit the Isoko region of Delta State and Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A member of an ethnolinguistic group who inhabit the Isoko region of Delta State and Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Edo isoko (“outskirts, environs”), referring to the fact that some of the predecessors of the Isoko migrated from the Kingdom of Benin to modern-day Isokoland, and thus the name represented those who lived on the outskirts of the Benin Empire.

name
  1. The language spoken in the Isoko region and Niger Delta in Nigeria, by the Isoko people. It is linguistically similar to the language of the neighboring Urhobo people.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Edo isoko (“outskirts, environs”), referring to the fact that some of the predecessors of the Isoko migrated from the Kingdom of Benin to modern-day Isokoland, and thus the name represented those who lived on the outskirts of the Benin Empire.

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