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Fante

Fante noun: a confederacy of Akan people and aboriginal Guan people, mainly located in the Central and Western regions of Ghana.

Noun

Fante pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A confederacy of Akan people and aboriginal Guan people, mainly located in the Central and Western regions of Ghana.

Proper noun

Fante

  1. A language spoken in Ghana, a dialect of Akan.
    • She loved days like this one, where she could speak Fante as fast as she wanted.2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 24

Questions about Fante

What does Fante mean?
Fante means a confederacy of Akan people and aboriginal Guan people, mainly located in the Central and Western regions of Ghana.
What part of speech is Fante?
Fante can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Fante in the dictionary

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  2. fantasylike
  3. fantasywear
  4. Fantauzzi
  5. Fantauzzis
  6. Fante
  7. fanteague
  8. fanteagues
  9. Fantee
  10. fanteeg
  11. fanteegs

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