Oyo Explained

Oyo can refer to:

Places

Nigeria

• Oyo Empire, a former Yoruba state that covered parts of Nigeria and Benin, or the capital city
• Oyo State, a present-day state of Nigeria named after the Oyo Empire
• Oyo, Oyo State, a city founded in the 1830s as an alternative capital of the remnants of the old Oyo empire

Republic of the Congo

• Oyo, Congo, a city in the Cuvette Region

Indonesia

• Oyo River, in southern Java

Other uses

• Oyo Boy Sotto (born 1984), Filipino actor
• Oyo (e-reader), e-book reader
• Oyo Rooms, a chain of hotels that also offers rentals
• Õÿö, album by Angélique Kidjo