Meanings
- uncountableGhanaForeign parts; the world beyond Ghana.
Getting out of the car, the attendant greeted Grandma and she introduced us all as her daughter and grandchildren from "abrokyire".
2010, Farida N. Bedwei, Definition of a Miracle, page 1711 more example
Years later, the middle sister gained her secondary school qualifications and the family sent her to England for further studies. In truth, this angered Esi. She had also worked hard, but the family had never offered her this opportunity. Esi decided she too must go to abrokyire, but she would go to a bigger abrokyire than that of her sister.
2021, J. A. Mensah, Castles from Cobwebs
Origin
- Akanaburokyire
- Akanaburokyire
- Englishabrokyire
Borrowed from Akan aburokyire.
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