Oyibo
The Nigerian word for a white or very fair-skinned person, used among the Urhobo as a descriptive given name.
Meaning and origin
Oyibo is the ordinary Nigerian Pidgin and Urhobo word for a white person or, more loosely, anyone with unusually fair skin, and the same word crosses into several other Nigerian languages besides Urhobo.
How to pronounce Oyibo
| English (US) | oh-YEE-boh /oʊˈjiːboʊ/ |
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