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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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
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
The white men, they said, had come there to protect them from the Ashantis, and the people of Cape Coast ought to help in every way they could.
From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by George Manville Fenn
