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Akurẹ
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Akure
Yoruba
Akure
Akure Kingdom
Etymology
A widely known folk etymology popularized by Akure king Adesida I states it comes from yo àkún rẹ́ royal beads to fall, to snap The place where the beads snapped.
Pronunciation
Àkúrẹ́
Proper noun
Àkúrẹ́
yo city c/Nigeria Akure
yo historical the yo Àkúrẹ́ kingdom
A subgroup of the yo Èkìtì people
A subdialect of the yo Èkìtì dialect spoken by the people of Àkúrẹ́ and its surrounding towns (sometimes categorized as a distinct dialect of Yoruba)
Descendants
en Akure 1
bin Ẹkuẹ 1
yo Dialects Ethnonyms