Alaba

Yoruba

Etymology

àlà (“purity, whiteness”) +‎ bá (“to meet, to come with, to fit”), "One who purity has arrived with."

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.là.bá/

Proper Noun

Àlàbá

  1. A unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to the second child born after twins, born after a child named Ìdòwú.
  2. A surname, from the given name Àlàbá.
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