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Europe first learned of the Yoruba country by its Hausa name: old records such as Webster's Gazetteer list 'YARRIBA', capital 'KATUNGA' — the Hausa terms for Yoruba and for Ọ̀yọ́.
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“The country was probably first known to Europe from the North, through the explorers of Northern and Central Africa, for in old records the Hausa and Fulani names are used for the country and its capital ; thus we see in Webster’s Gazetteer "YARRIBA," West Africa, East of Dahomey, area 70,000 sq. miles, population two millions, capital KATUNGA. These are the Hausa terms for YORUBA and for Ọ̀yọ́.”
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