Edo

E·do  (d)

See Tokyo.

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Edo [ˈɛdəʊ]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl Edo, Edos a member of a Negroid people of SW Nigeria around Benin, noted for their 16th-century bronze sculptures

2. (Linguistics / Languages) Also called Bini the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family

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E•do (ˈɛd oʊ, ˈeɪ doʊ)

n.

a former name of Tokyo.

E•do (ˈɛd oʊ)

n., pl. E•dos, (esp. collectively) E•do.

1.

a. a member of an African people of S Nigeria, living in Benin City and adjacent areas to the W of the Yoruba peoples.

b. the Kwa language of this people.

2.

a. a member of any of a group of African peoples, including the Edo and related peoples to their northeast and southeast.

b. the group of Kwa languages spoken by these peoples.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Edo - a member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria Nigerian - a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
	2.	Edo - the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan capital of Japan, Japanese capital, Tokio, Tokyo, Yeddo, Yedo Hondo, Honshu - the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building