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Etymology
From Yoruba Àkókó.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Àkókó
- The Akoko sub-group of Yoruba
- The Akoko dialects of Yoruba
Yoruba
Etymology
A folk etymology states, à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kókó (“reduplication of kó "to kidnap"”), literally “The ones who were kidnapped”; This is said to come from the fact that many Àkókó settlements were raided and the people kidnapped and sold into slavery during the warring periods of the 1700s and 1800s.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Àkókó
- The Akoko sub-group of Yoruba
- The Akoko dialects of Yoruba, comprising of the western and eastern Akoko dialects and the Ào dialect.