Borrowed
Ondo (pluralOndos)
- Asurname from Hungarian.
- According to the 2010 United States Census,Ondo is the 33530th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 680 individuals.Ondo is most common among White (86.47%) individuals.
FromYorubaÒǹdó.
Ondo
- A state ofNigeria in theSouth West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city:Akure.
- A city inOndo State,Nigeria.
- A historicalkingdom inNigeria.
- A dialect ofYoruba spoken in Ondo State.
Ondo (uncountable)
- (uncountable) People ofOndo City,Ondo State, and/orOndo Kingdom, collectively.
Ondo (notcomparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining toOndo City,Ondo State,Ondo Kingdom, their people or their cultures.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Ondo dialect ofYoruba.
Ondo m pers (female equivalentOndová)
- a malesurname
Declension of
Ondo (pattern
chlap)
- “Ondo”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025
Folk etymology says it comes from the phraseèdó è dùdó(literally“the yam stake did not stick”). Also proposed to come fromòǹ-(“agent prefix”) +ì(“nominalizing prefix”) +dó(“to settle”), literally“That which is settled”
IPA(key): /ò.ŋ̀.dó/,/ō.ŋ̀.dó/
ÒǹdóorOǹdó
- Ondo (a city inOndo State,Nigeria).
- Ondo (a state ofNigeria).
- Ondo Kingdom (a historicalkingdom inNigeria).
- The Ondo dialect of Yoruba.
- The Ondo people.