Akurẹ
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See also: Akure
Yoruba
Etymology
A widely known folk etymology popularized by Akure king Adesida I states it comes from àkún (“royal beads”) + rẹ́ (“to fall, to snap”), literally “The place where the beads snapped”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Àkúrẹ́
- Akure (a city in Nigeria)
- (historical) the Àkúrẹ́ kingdom
- A subgroup of the Èkìtì people
- A subdialect of the Èkìtì dialect spoken by the people of Àkúrẹ́ and its surrounding towns (sometimes categorized as a distinct dialect of Yoruba)