Yemọja
From Yoruba iye "mother", ọmọ "child" and ẹja "fish": literally "mother of fish", the name of the orisha of rivers and motherhood.
Meaning and origin
Yemọja is one of the principal orishas of Yoruba religion, linked in her homeland to the Ogun River in south-western Nigeria and, more broadly, to motherhood, pregnancy and the protection of women.
How to pronounce Yemọja
| Yoruba (Nigeria) | yeh-MOH-jah /jemɔ̀dʒá/ |
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