"Odinani" in northern Igbo dialects is the compound of the words "ọ̀ dị̀" ('located') + "n" ("nà", 'within') + "ànị̀" (the one god) [consisting of anu (E nu) above (the heavens) and Ana, below (the earth)].Other dialectal variants include "odinala", "odinana", "omenala", "omenana", and "omenani".