Asant
English edit
Proper noun edit
Asant
- Obsolete form of Zante (“the island of Zakynthos”).
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
- The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,
That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,
And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,
Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ant
Noun edit
Asant m (strong, genitive Asantes or Asants, plural Asante)
Declension edit
Declension of Asant [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Asant” in Duden online