Okpala
/Ọkpala/
male
1. The first male child of the family or oldest member of the family
2. A prefix deployed as identifier for holders of the Okpala- class of Ozo titleA prestigious traditional title conferred on accomplished men in many Igbo communities..
A dialectal varVariation. of Okpara, Okwara, Opara
*Originally deployed in the same way a "Sir" is for knights in say, "Sir John"; but has become part of the name. e.g. Okpala-Uzoka. See Ozo for more.
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