Ilara

== Yoruba == === Alternative forms === Ùláá, Ùlárá === Etymology === From ìlú (“town”) +‎ Ará (“Ara”), literally “town of Ará”, from ará (“family, community, relation”) Ará is regarded as the original town from which all modern Ìlárá towns emerged from, see Alárá, the title of each ruler of the modern Ìlárá towns, which still refers to Ará. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ì.lá.ɾá/ === Proper noun === Ìlárá an ancient town is believed to be the ancestral origin of towns named Ilara Synonym: Ará (by extension) the name for several Yoruba towns. Unique suffixes are commonly attached to the town's name as a means of differentiating them (ex. Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín) Ilara-Mokin (an Ekiti Yoruba town in Ondo, Nigeria) Synonym: Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín Ìlárá-Rẹ́mọ (a Rẹ́mọ Yoruba town in Ogun, Nigeria) Synonym: Ìlárá-Rẹ́mọ Ìlárá-Yéwa (a Yéwa Yoruba town in Ogun, Nigeria) Synonym: Ìlárá-Yéwa Ìlárá-Ẹ̀pẹ́ (a Rẹ́mọ Yoruba town in Lagos, Nigeria) Synonym: Ìlárá-Ẹ̀pẹ́