Fanti
Americannoun
noun
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a language of Ghana: one of the two chief dialects of Akan Compare Twi
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a member of a Negroid people who speak this language, inhabiting the rain forests of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire
Example Sentences
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But for my family, this tree has a name: Santseo, a Fanti word loosely translated as "Under" - because people settled underneath its shade.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Fanti initially thought Donato would try to shoot and committed his body toward the puck.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022
Fanti says arguments over the authenticity of the shroud can come down to faith.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 15, 2019
Last year, Fanti and his colleagues travelled to a series of frequently poached fossil sites in the Nemegt region of the western Gobi and used the scanner to record each site’s unique geochemical signature.
From National Geographic • Nov. 20, 2017
Thus the Fanti of Carrara flew forth to see the world!
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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