Désálù

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Meaning of Désálù

The crown ran far away.

Extended Meaning

The story of the Désálù family of Abẹ́òkuta says that they used to be the crown-keeping family, but they fled during one prominent war so as to keep the crown safe. This period of flight is what influenced a change of name to Désálù.

Morphology

(a)dé-sá-lù

Gloss
Part Meaning
adé crown
sálù run far away
Geolocation

Common in:

ABEOKUTA
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