Sokoto
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: ŝokoto
English
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: So‧ko‧to
Proper noun
[edit]Sokoto
- A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Sokoto City.
- 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 130:
- It rains almost everywhere, even in Sokoto, where you can practically smell the Sahara.
- A city, the state capital of Sokoto State, Nigeria.
- (historical) A former caliphate in West Africa centred on the city of Sokoto; extant from 1804 to 1903.
Anagrams
[edit]Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hausa Sakkwato, said to ultimately be from Arabic سُوق (sūq)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sókótó
- (historical) the Sokoto Caliphate
- A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Sokoto.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Hausa
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Sokoto State, Nigeria
- en:States of Nigeria
- en:Places in Nigeria
- English terms with quotations
- en:Cities in Sokoto State, Nigeria
- en:Cities in Nigeria
- en:State capitals of Nigeria
- en:Places in Sokoto State, Nigeria
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Historical polities
- Yoruba terms borrowed from Hausa
- Yoruba terms derived from Hausa
- Yoruba terms derived from Arabic
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba proper nouns
- Yoruba terms with historical senses
- yo:Sokoto State, Nigeria
- yo:States of Nigeria
- yo:Places in Nigeria