Agni

noun

Ag·​ni

ˈag-nē

plural Agni or Agnis

1

a

: a people of western Africa ethnologically allied to the Ashanti

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Kwa language of the Agni people

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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