aayan

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Yoruba

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Aáyán

Etymology 1

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Contraction of ayíyán

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Noun

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aáyán

  1. cockroach

Etymology 2

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Contraction of ayíyan

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aáyan

  1. effort, perseverance

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àáyán

  1. A tree that is regarded as sacred, it is known for being the tree where the Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́ Ṣàngó is said to have hanged himself, and later deified
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