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proper nounPlural Edosˈɛdəʊˈedō nounPlural Edos ˈɛdəʊˈedō 1A member of a people inhabiting the district of Benin in Nigeria. 埃多人(居住在尼日利亚贝宁地区) Example sentencesExamples - Addressing such matters as spirit doubles, personal aggressiveness, and hard work, they provide one of the most interesting ways by which to compare Delta peoples and their neighbors, including the Igbo and Edo.
- Other smaller groups include the Fulani, Ijaw, Kanuri, Ibibio, Tiv, and Edo.
2mass noun The Benue-Congo language of the Edo, with about 1 million speakers. 埃多人说的克瓦语(约有100万人使用,属贝努刚果语支) Example sentencesExamples - Both an interest in change as a cultural attitude and a focus on drama are more associated with Igbo than Edo in the literature.
adjective ˈɛdəʊˈedō Relating to the Edo or their language. (与)埃多人(有关)的;(与)克瓦语(有关)的 Example sentencesExamples - Then, as now, one wonders in what ways the idiom of ‘the Delta’ pushed inland into Edo, northern Igbo, ancient Yoruba, and other ‘backwater’ regions.
- In a personal communication, Arnold Rubin said that John Picton had attributed the mask to a northern Edo group, the Etsako, and had felt it resembled a mask photographed in Fugar by K.C. Murray.
- The masquerades used in Ekperi today and in the recent past are forms borrowed from the visual culture of non-Edo or other northern Edo peoples, possibly making them more celebratory than sacred.
- This order is the same as that found in all other Edo books on the subject.
- The very eclecticism of eastern Etsako masks evokes an Igbo rather than an Edo model.
OriginThe name of Benin City in Edo. nounˈedō 1A member of a people inhabiting the district of Benin in Nigeria. 埃多人(居住在尼日利亚贝宁地区) Example sentencesExamples - Addressing such matters as spirit doubles, personal aggressiveness, and hard work, they provide one of the most interesting ways by which to compare Delta peoples and their neighbors, including the Igbo and Edo.
- Other smaller groups include the Fulani, Ijaw, Kanuri, Ibibio, Tiv, and Edo.
2The Benue-Congo language of the Edo. Example sentencesExamples - Both an interest in change as a cultural attitude and a focus on drama are more associated with Igbo than Edo in the literature.
adjectiveˈedō Relating to the Edo or their language. (与)埃多人(有关)的;(与)克瓦语(有关)的 Example sentencesExamples - The masquerades used in Ekperi today and in the recent past are forms borrowed from the visual culture of non-Edo or other northern Edo peoples, possibly making them more celebratory than sacred.
- The very eclecticism of eastern Etsako masks evokes an Igbo rather than an Edo model.
- In a personal communication, Arnold Rubin said that John Picton had attributed the mask to a northern Edo group, the Etsako, and had felt it resembled a mask photographed in Fugar by K.C. Murray.
- Then, as now, one wonders in what ways the idiom of ‘the Delta’ pushed inland into Edo, northern Igbo, ancient Yoruba, and other ‘backwater’ regions.
- This order is the same as that found in all other Edo books on the subject.
OriginThe name of Benin City in Edo. |