FANTE

Meaning of FANTE in English

[ 'fanti ]

(also Fanti )

■ noun ( plural same or Fantis )

1》 a member of a people of southern Ghana.

2》 the dialect of Akan spoken by the ~.

Origin

the name in Akan.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

FANTE — or Fanti Second largest segment of the Akan peoples of the southern coast of Ghana. The Fante speak a language …
Английский словарь Британика
FANTE — noun see fanti
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FANTE — also spelled Fanti people of the southern coast of Ghana between Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi. They speak a dialect of Akan, …
Britannica English vocabulary
FANTE — Fante, Fanti BrE AmE ˈfænt i ˈfɑːnt i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FANTE — n. or Fanti Second largest segment of the Akan peoples of the southern coast of Ghana. The Fante speak a …
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FANTE — Фанти
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FANTE, JOHN — born April 8, 1909, Denver, Colo., U.S. died May 8, 1983, Woodland Hills, Calif. U.S. writer. Born to Italian immigrant …
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FANTE, JOHN — born April 8, 1909, Denver, Colo., U.S. died May 8, 1983, Woodland Hills, Calif. U.S. writer. Born to Italian immigrant …
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IDLE — a. indolent; (lazy) pigri; (vane) van, futil, líber, ne usat; v. TO ~ ONE'S TIME AWAY: flanar, passar li témpor …
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FANTOCCINI — noun plural Etymology: Italian, plural of fantoccino, diminutive of fantoccio doll, augmentative of fante child, from Latin infant-, infans infant …
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KWA LANGUAGES — Branch of the Niger-Congo language family . Forty-five Kwa languages are spoken by approximately 20 million people in the southern …
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JOHN — I known as John Lackland born Dec. 24, 1167, Oxford, Eng. died Oct. 18/19, 1216, Newark, Nottinghamshire King of England …
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ASANTE — or Ashanti People of southern Ghana and adjacent areas of Togo and Côte d'Ivoire. The largest segment of the Akan …
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ANNAN, KOFI (ATTA) — born April 8, 1938, Kumasi, Gold Coast Seventh secretary-general of the He was the son of a provincial governor and …
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AKAN — Cluster of peoples inhabiting southern Ghana, eastern Côte d'Ivoire, and parts of Togo. Their languages are of the Niger-Congo languages …
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HOTCHA — ˈhä(ˌ)chä, -_chə noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably irregular from hot (I) slang : hot jazz band began to play …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FANTOCCINI — ˌfäntəˈchēnē, ˌfan- noun plural Etymology: Italian, plural of fantoccino, diminutive of fantoccio doll, lay figure, aug. of fante servant, boy, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FANTI — noun or fan·te also fan·tee “, ˈfän- ( plural fanti or fante or fantis or fantes ) Usage: capitalized 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELEPHANTIASIC — |elə|fantē|asik; -_fən.|tīəˌsik, -ˌfan.|- adjective Etymology: New Latin elephantias is + English -ic : affected with or characteristic of elephantiasis
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CHULO — ˈchü(ˌ)lō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, from Old Spanish, boy, from Old Italian ciullo, short for fanciullo, diminutive of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EDDO — /ed"oh/ , n. , pl. eddoes . the edible root of the taro or of any of several related plants. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FANTOCCINI — noun plural Etymology: Italian, plural of fantoccino, diminutive of fantoccio doll, augmentative of fante child, from Latin infant-, infans infant …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FANTOCCINI — [fan.toc.ci.ni] n pl [It, pl. of fantoccino, dim. of fantoccio doll, aug. of fante child, fr. L infant-, infans infant] …
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MACLEAN, GEORGE — born February 24, 1801, Keith, Banffshire, Scot. died May 22, 1847, Cape Coast, Gold Coast [now in Ghana] Scottish-born council …
Britannica English vocabulary
FANTI CONFEDERACY — also spelled Fante, historic group of states in what is now southern Ghana. It originated in the late 17th century …
Britannica English vocabulary
BRITISH WEST AFRICA — assortment of widely separated territories in western Africa that were administered by Great Britain during the colonial period. These included …
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ASANTE EMPIRE — Asante also spelled Ashanti West African state that occupied what is now southern Ghana in the 18th and 19th centuries. …
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ANNAN, KOFI — born April 8, 1938, Kumasi, Gold Coast [now Ghana] Kofi Annan, 1996. in full Kofi Atta Annan Ghanaian international civil …
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AKWAMU — Akan state (c. 16001730) of the Gold and Slave coasts of western Africa. At its apogee in the early 18th …
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AKAN STATES — historical complex of gold-producing forest states in western Africa lying between the Komo and Volta rivers (in an area roughly …
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AKAN LANGUAGES — dialect cluster of the Nyo group within the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Its principal members are Asante …
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