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Akan

  (ä'kän') pronunciation
n., pl. Akan or A·kans.
  1. A South Central Niger-Congo language spoken in parts of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire whose two main varieties are Fante and Twi.
  2. A member of a people of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, including the Fante and the Twi.
Akan A'kan' adj.
 
 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Akan

Cluster of peoples inhabiting southern Ghana, eastern Côte d'Ivoire, and parts of Togo. Their languages are of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo languages. In the 14th – 18th centuries several Akan states, notably the Fante confederacy and the Asante empire, formed in regions where gold was produced and traded. Many of the Akan, who number some 16 million, work in urban districts.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: Akan
(əkän', äk'ən) , people of W Africa, primarily in Ghana, where they number over 7.5 million, Côte d'Ivoire, and Togo. They speak languages of the Twi branch of the Kwa subfamily. Although patrilineal descent is recognized, matrilineal descent is more important; social organization is built around the clan. The Ashanti and the Fanti, both of Akan stock, developed powerful confederacies and kingdoms in the 17th and 18th cent.

 
WordNet: Akan
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast

 
Wikipedia: Akan (disambiguation)

Akan may be:

  • Akan, Gabon
  • Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana
    • Akan States, any of several states organized in the 16th or 17th century by the Akan people
    • Akan languages, a stock of dialects spoken by the Akan people
    • Akan language, a specific language spoken by the Akan people
  • Akan District, Hokkaido
    • Akan, Hokkaido, a town in Akan District, Hokkaido
    • Akan (volcano), a volcano in Hokkaidō, Japan
    • Akan (lake), a lake in Hokkaidō, Japan
  • Akan, Wisconsin, a town in the United States
  • Akan, son of Ezer, a character mentioned in the book of Genesis
  • "AKAN"(あかん) is meaning "NO" in Osaka, Japan

Akan - a volcano located in japan


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