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Ibadan
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I·ba·dan  (-bädn, -bädän)
A city of southwest Nigeria north-northeast of Lagos. Founded in the 1830s as a military camp, it developed into the most powerful Yoruba city-state before coming under British protection in 1893. Today it is a major commercial, industrial, and cultural center. Population: 3,560,000.

Ibadan [ɪˈbædən]
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(Placename) a city in SW Nigeria, capital of Oyo state: university (1948). Pop.: 1 432 000 (1996 est.)
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Noun1.Ibadan - a large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Nigeria - a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country


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