Opara

Quick meaning: Opara is a noun meaning (Nigeria) The oldest son, who has inherited the rights and responsibilities of his father after his father has died.

Meaning

(Nigeria) The oldest son, who has inherited the rights and responsibilities of his father after his father has died.

Example Sentences

Many mothers would give an arm and a leg to have an opara like me.

He summoned all the opara (the first sons) of each family in the clan.

Since the opara was the rightful successor to his father, and more or less inherited his father's political and religious functions upon his death, sending him to school, where he became ipso facto a Christian convert, meant that when his .

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ouboet, oppa, old man, primogeniture, orphan, odalman.

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