Ondo
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed
- either from Basque ondo (“deep valley, ravine, gully”),
- or from Hungarian Ondó, from the given name Ond + -ó (archaic diminutive), hence unrelated to ondó (“semen”).
Proper noun
[edit]Ondo (plural Ondos)
- A surname from Hungarian.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ondo is the 33530th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 680 individuals. Ondo is most common among White (86.47%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ondo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
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Proper noun
[edit]Ondo
- A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Akure.
- A city in Ondo State, Nigeria.
- A historical kingdom in Nigeria.
- A dialect of Yoruba spoken in Ondo State.
Noun
[edit]Ondo (uncountable)
- (uncountable) People of Ondo City, Ondo State, and/or Ondo Kingdom, collectively.
Adjective
[edit]Ondo (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Ondo City, Ondo State, Ondo Kingdom, their people or their cultures.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Ondo dialect of Yoruba.
See also
[edit]Ondo City on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ondo m pers (female equivalent Ondová)
- a male surname
Further reading
[edit]- “Ondo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Folk etymology says it comes from the phrase èdó è dùdó (literally “the yam stake did not stick”). Also proposed to come from òǹ- (“agent prefix”) + ì (“nominalizing prefix”) + dó (“to settle”), literally “That which is settled”
Pronunciation
[edit]IPA(key): /ò.ŋ̀.dó/, /ō.ŋ̀.dó/
Proper noun
[edit]Òǹdó or Oǹdó
- Ondo (a city in Ondo State, Nigeria).
- Ondo (a state of Nigeria).
- Ondo Kingdom (a historical kingdom in Nigeria).
- The Ondo dialect of Yoruba.
- The Ondo people.
See also
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