Note 17 — Chapter I

There are three several meanings to this word, and the Egbas often drop the nasal terminating n which is pronounced by neighbouring peoples, e.g. Ilorí for Ilorin. Ŏgŭn is the P.N. of the river, Ŏgún is a god—some writers, however, as Mr. Bowen, spell both these words Ógún, writing the river and the god the same, and making Ŏgŭn signify an army or battle—and Ógŭn is a charm, or medicine.