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单词 kente
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kente

[ ken-tey ]
/ ˈkɛn teɪ /

noun

a colorful fabric of Ghanaian origin: often worn as a symbol of African American pride: Thousands of vivid shirts made a sea of kente along the parade route.I hadn't realized there was so much kente cloth in all of Manhattan.
Also called kente cloth .

Origin of kente

First recorded in 1950–55; from Twi

Words nearby kente

kenosis, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, kenspeckle, Kent, kente, kentia, kentia palm, Kentish, Kentish fire, Kentish glory
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British Dictionary definitions for kente

kente
/ (ˈkɛntɪ) /

noun

Also called: kente cloth a brightly coloured handwoven cloth of Ghana, usually with some gold thread
the toga made of this cloth

Word Origin for kente

from a Ghanaian language, possibly Akan
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