Join free

Ondo

English · Deutsch · Italiano · Kiswahili

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Ondo¹

Where it comes from

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 Ondos

  1. A surname from Hungarian.

Ondo²

Where it comes from

From Yoruba Òǹdó.

proper noun

  1. A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Akure.
  2. A city in Ondo State, Nigeria.
  3. A historical kingdom in Nigeria.
  4. A dialect of Yoruba spoken in Ondo State.

noun

  1. uncountable People of Ondo City, Ondo State, and/or Ondo Kingdom, collectively.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, from, or pertaining to Ondo City, Ondo State, Ondo Kingdom, their people or their cultures.
  2. not comparable Of, from, or pertaining to the Ondo dialect of Yoruba.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"Ondo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ondo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Ondo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ondo

Chicago

"Ondo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ondo.

BibTeX
@misc{ondo_2026,
  title = {Ondo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ondo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}