Akure

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proper noun

The largest city and state capital of Ondo State, Nigeria.

OriginYoruba Àkúrẹ́ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  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

  1. YorubaÀkúrẹ́
  2. EnglishAkure

From Yoruba Àkúrẹ́.

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APA

Akure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Akure

MLA

“Akure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Akure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Akure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Akure.

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