Ashanti
noun
a former native kingdom and British colony in western Africa: now a region of Ghana. 9,700 sq. mi. (25,123 sq. km). Kumasi.
Ashantis
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pluralof Ashanti.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is barely 50 years since Britain conquered the Ashantis; in that time, Gold Coasters have spanned centuries of progress.
From Time Magazine Archive
To this day, the Ashantis swear allegiance first to the Asantehene and second to the Republic of Ghana.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arriving at the Kumasi stadium in a huge black Rolls-Royce, the Asantehene brought with him the golden stool that is supposed to contain the soul of the Ashantis.
From Time Magazine Archive
What about the kingdom of Oyo, 1200-1800, and the mighty Ashantis, 1695-1901?
From Time Magazine Archive
His influence sufficed to gather a numerous native force, but neither he nor anybody else could overcome their abject terror of the ferocious Ashantis to the extent of making them fight.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
