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Ashantee

Ashantee is the dated form of Ashanti.

Meaning of Ashanti

Noun

Ashanti (plural Ashantis or Ashanti)

  1. A member of a nation and ethnic group of Akan origin, found mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast.
    • 'Yes,' she said quietly. 'It's an ouanga, a Voodoo fetish. It's the invocation to the Drum Witch. It's used by the Ashanti tribe in Africa when they want to kill someone. They use something like it in Haiti.'1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 128

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Forms of Ashantee

pluralAshantees

Questions about Ashantee

What is Ashantee the dated form of?
Ashantee is the dated form of Ashanti.

Words near Ashantee in the dictionary

  1. ashaming
  2. ashamingly
  3. ashamnu
  4. Ashango
  5. ashanite
  6. Ashantee
  7. Ashantees
  8. Ashanti
  9. Ashanti pepper
  10. Ashantis
  11. asharfi

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