English Explanatory Dictionary

Anansi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A trickster spider (though sometimes taking human form), one of the primary characters in West African and Caribbean folklore.

Word forms

Anansi Ananse Anancy Anansy

Etymology

From Akan (and Kromanti) ananse (“spider”).

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