Achan

[ey-kan]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils.

Example Sentences

At a protest Friday calling for more money for adaptation, climate activist Evelyn Achan from Uganda said that “our countries, our communities are suffering so much.”

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Several days a week, Jullet Achan moves around the kitchen of her apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, stirring up dishes from her Surinamese background: fragrant batches of goat curry, root vegetable soup and her own take on chicken chow mein.

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After logistical calculations coordinated by LiveOnNY, which facilitates organ donations, Officer Mora’s organs were transported to five patients in three states, said Leonard Achan, the organization’s president.

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"Somebody did receive this hero's heart," Live On NY CEO Leonard Achan told Fox News Digital at the time.

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The 27-year-old Mora’s donated heart, kidneys, pancreas and liver later went to three recipients in his home state of New York and two more elsewhere in the country, said Leonard Achan, CEO of Live On NY, which helped facilitate Mora’s lifesaving last wish.

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