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Akure

Akure proper noun: the largest city and state capital of Ondo State, Nigeria.

Proper noun

Akure

  1. The largest city and state capital of Ondo State, Nigeria.
    • He had not even stopped for lunch at Akure which was the normal half-way house for travellers from Eastern Nigeria to Lagos, but had driven numbly, mile after mile, from morning till evening.1963, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, Penguin Classics (2010), page 111

Origin of Akure

From Yoruba Àkúrẹ́.

Questions about Akure

What does Akure mean?
Akure means the largest city and state capital of Ondo State, Nigeria.
What part of speech is Akure?
Akure is a proper noun.

Words near Akure in the dictionary

  1. akule
  2. akum
  3. akuma
  4. akumas
  5. akums
  6. Akure
  7. Akureyri
  8. akuri
  9. Akurio
  10. Akutagawa
  11. akutak

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