Kumasi
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- proper noun
- "Suzanne Gott's paper focused on the distinctly local—women as fashion trendsetters in Kumasi, Ghana."
- Kumasi, Ghana
- Kumasi Children
- Kumasi Children's Home
Examples
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I assisted Dr. Mervyn Smith in treating illnesses and organizing a clinic in Obuasi and Kumasi.
Blog text (7) -
By contrast, the Ashanti region around Kumasi is only 24,000 km² in size, supporting a population of 3 million.
Academic text (2001) -
I have a contact in Kumasi.
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When I asked a group of Kumasi doctors to describe their information difficulties, the answers were sadly familiar.
Academic text (2001) -
At the medical school in Kumasi, doctors expressed a larger view, reflecting perhaps their own relatively well-funded state.
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All of these service learning projects help to beautify the campus of the Kumasi Children's Home.
Academic text (2008) -
Once the Asante had been defeated, the central power of Kumasi was re-established in accordance with the precepts of indirect rule.
Academic text (2005) -
One ongoing major project is with the Kumasi Children's Home, a public orphanage in Kumasi that provides care for children awaiting adoption (Author, 2004-2005).
Academic text (2008) -
All students in the program visit the W.E.B. Du Bois, which is a learning experience associated with the required course, but they also visit the University of Ghana Laboratory School, the Kumasi orphanage, and the Weaving Village; these are teacher education, social work, and textile and clothing learning activities, respectively.
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I plan to visit Kumasi during my trip to Ghana next month.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kumasi comes from the Akan Twi language and likely means 'under the Kum tree'; the name breaks into Kum (a local tree) and ase ('under'). A helpful way to remember it is to picture a town growing 'under a tree', so Kumasi today is the big city in southern Ghana and the capital of the Ashanti Region.