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A·san·te

A0451000 (ə-sän′tē)n. Variant of Ashanti1.

A•shan•ti

(əˈʃæn ti, əˈʃɑn-)

n., pl. -tis, (esp. collectively) -ti. 1. a member of an Akan-speaking people of S Ghana. 2. the kingdom established by the Ashanti from a confederacy of smaller states in the 18th century, surviving with a limited degree of authority in modern Ghana. 3. the Akan dialect spoken by the Ashanti.