Ashanti

American  

[uh-shan-tee, uh-shahn-] / əˈʃæn ti, əˈʃɑn- /

Also Asante

noun

plural

Ashantis,

plural

Ashanti

1. a former native kingdom and British colony in western Africa: now a region of Ghana. 9,700 sq. mi. (25,123 sq. km). Kumasi.

2. a native or inhabitant of Ashanti.

3. the dialect of Akan spoken by the people of Ashanti.

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Ashanti British  

/ əˈʃæntɪ /

noun

1. an administrative region of central Ghana: former native kingdom, suppressed by the British in 1900 after four wars. Capital: Kumasi. Pop: 3 187 607 (2000). Area: 24 390 sq km (9417 sq miles)

2. a native or inhabitant of Ashanti

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Example Sentences

In Ghana, the world's sixth-largest gold producer, gold production is largely dominated by foreign companies such as the US's Newmont, South Africa's Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti and Australia's Perseus Mining.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

At the ceremony, the Asante king thanked AngloGold Ashanti, a South African mining company, for returning several items purchased on the open market.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

The bar was about half full with fellow deal hounds, and the vibes screamed peak elder-millennial: 6 p.m. dinner with Ashanti and Usher on the speakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The Asante exiles in Seychelles lived in "Ashanti Town", on an old sugar plantation, Le Rocher, on the main island Mahé, overlooking the ocean and surrounded by coconut, mango, breadfruit, orange and jackfruit trees.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024

The men with skin like the milk of goats and their Ashanti companions drank the palm wine from hand-carved gourds that had been decorated with ceremonial tribal designs.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper