Ọ̀gbómọ̀ṣọ́
/ɔ̀ɡ͡bó.mɔ̀.ʃɔ́/noun
A city in Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria, and the name of its surrounding traditional region.
Did you know?Ọ̀gbómọ̀ṣọ́ is often written Ogbomoso or Ogbomosho in English, but its Yoruba spelling preserves tonal marks that can change meaning dramatically.
Etymological Timeline
Precolonial period
Yoruba
Ọ̀gbómọ̀ṣọ́
“The established Yoruba name of the settlement; its internal word-by-word derivation is not securely agreed upon.”
17th–18th Century
Yoruba
Ọ̀gbómọ̀ṣọ́
“A growing Yoruba settlement in the region that later became part of Oyo State.”
19th Century
Yoruba
Ọ̀gbómọ̀ṣọ́
“A major walled town and political community during the era of regional warfare and shifting Yoruba power.”
19th–20th Century
English/Yoruba
Ogbomoso; Ogbomosho
“English colonial and missionary texts commonly represented the Yoruba name without tone marks and with variant spellings.”
Modern English
English
Ogbomoso
“The conventional English spelling for the Nigerian city, while Ọ̀gbómọ̀ṣọ́ remains the fully marked Yoruba form.”