Kwara

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proper noun

A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ilorin.

OriginHausa Kwārà →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ilorin.

    This is an annotated wordlist of the Ayere language, spoken in Ayere village in Kwara State, Nigeria. The wordlist was written by Mr. E.O. Olumorin for the West African Languages Survey in November 1961.

    2007 February 5, Roger Blench, “The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities”, in rogerblench.info, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2022, page 1

Origin

  1. HausaKwārà
  2. EnglishKwara

Borrowed from Hausa Kwārà.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

WarkaKawarkarwa
Cite this entry
APA

Kwara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kwara

MLA

“Kwara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kwara. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kwara,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kwara.

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