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Alur (Lur, Luri, Lurem), are a people of the Nile Valley in Africa, living on the north-west coast of Albert Nyanza. They are akin to the Acholi (q.v.), speaking practically the same language. The Alur Chiefdom is probably the only one that was unaffected by the ban on traditional institutions in 1966.[1] ... // Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day... For the lake of the same name in South Australia, see Lake Albert, South Australia. ... Acholiland, Uganda The Acholi are an ethnolinguistic group of the upper Nile valley dwelling on the east bank of the White Nile, about a hundred miles north of Lake Albert . ...


The Alur live mainly in the Ugandan district of Nebbi and the neighbouring area of Congo. Nebbi is a district in northern Uganda. ...


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Alured of Beverley - definition of Alured of Beverley in Encyclopedia (113 words)
Alured of Beverley - definition of Alured of Beverley in Encyclopedia
He wrote, apparently about the year 1143, a chronicle entitled Annales sive Historia de gestis regum Britanniae, which begins with Brutus and carries the history of England down to 1129.
Geoffrey of Monmouth and Simeon of Durham are Alured's chief sources.
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