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(ēˌlə-rēnˈ, ĭ-lôrˈən)
A city of southwest Nigeria north-northeast of Lagos. Capital of a Yoruba kingdom c. 1800, it was taken by the Fulani in 1825 and came under British control in 1893. It is now an agricultural and commercial center. Population: 814,000.
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