[koo-mah-see] 
| a city in and the capital of Ashanti district, in S Ghana. 275,000. |
[uh-shan-tee, uh-shahn-] 
) -ti for 2. | 1. | a former native kingdom and British colony in W Africa: now a region of Ghana. 1,505,049; 9700 sq. mi. (25,123 sq. km). Capital: Kumasi. |
| 2. | a native or inhabitant of Ashanti. |
| 3. | the dialect of Akan spoken by the people of Ashanti. |
| Ku·ma·si (kōō-mä'sē) A city of south-central Ghana northwest of Accra. Founded c. 1700, it is a commercial and transportation center in a cocoa-producing region. Population: 1,170,000. |