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kente
[ ken-tey ]
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.
kente
/ ˈkɛntɪ /
noun
- Also calledkente cloth a brightly coloured handwoven cloth of Ghana, usually with some gold thread
- the toga made of this cloth
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kente1
First recorded in 1950–55; from Twi
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kente1
from a Ghanaian language, possibly Akan
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Example Sentences
The women had on long dresses made of orange, black, and green African Kente cloths with matching headdresses.
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