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Sèkèrè

Sèkèrè

See also: sekere and sèkèrè

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Proper noun

Sèkèrè

  1. (rare) Sinendé
    • 2008: Progress Report on Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction, chapter 3: “Infrastructure Development”, priority area 2: “Energy Infrastructure”, pages 33–34, § 87
      To be precise, the relevant actions in this area are as follows: […] the completion of preelectrification installations of Sori (commune of Gogounou), Sèkèrè (commune of Sinendé)[,] Kilibo (commune of Ouessè), Goro (commune of Tchaourou), Baoudjo (commune of Ifangny) and Adohoun (commune of Athiémé) [….]

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sèkèrè

sèkèrè

See also: sekere and Sèkèrè

English

Noun

sèkèrè (plural sèkèrès)

  1. Alternative spelling of sekere
    • 1921: Samuel Johnson and Obadiah Johnson, A History of the Yorubas from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate, volume 1, chapter 8, page 121
      The Calabash drum — ornamental with strings of cowries — is called Sèkèrè.
    • 1984: Claudius Oluyemi Olaniyan, The Composition and Performance Techniques of Dùndún-Sèkèrè Music of South-Western Nigeria, main title (Queen’s University)

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