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Ashanti1 definition

Ashan·ti (ə s̸hän′tē, -s̸han′-)

noun

  1. pl. Ashanti -·ti a member of a W African people living mainly in Ashanti, in Ghana
  2. the variety of Akan spoken by this people
Ashanti2 definition

Ashan·ti (ə s̸hän′tē, -s̸han′-)

region in central Ghana: orig. a native kingdom, it was a protectorate in the Gold Coast from 1901 to 1957: 9,417 sq mi (24,390 sq km); pop. 2,090,000; cap. Kumasi

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