Ileya

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Yoruba

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Etymology

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Likely from Hausa layya (Eid al-Adha, sacrificing a ram). A common folk etymology links it to ilé (house) +‎ (to be ready), literally It is time to return to the house.

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Iléyá

  1. Eid al-Adha