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Akure Kingdom

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A widely known folk etymology popularized by Akure kingAdesida I states it comes fromàkún(“royal beads”) +‎rẹ́(“to fall, to snap”), literally“The place where the beads snapped”.

• IPA^(key): /à.kú.ɾɛ́/

Àkúrẹ́

1. Akure (acity inNigeria)
2. (historical) theÀkúrẹ́kingdom
3. Asubgroup of theÈkìtì people
4. Asubdialect of theÈkìtìdialect spoken by the people of Àkúrẹ́ and its surrounding towns (sometimes categorized as a distinct dialect of Yoruba)

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