Akan
Americannoun
plural
Akans,plural
Akan-
a language of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo spoken in much of Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast.
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a member of any of various Akan-speaking peoples, including the Ashanti and Fanti.
noun
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a member of a people of Ghana and the E Côte d'Ivoire
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the language of this people, having two chief dialects, Fanti and Twi, and belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family
Example Sentences
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In recent decades, their global population has been decreasing and now the only place where balls of 20 cm and larger exist is Lake Akan in Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan.
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023
“Since you were born on a Tuesday, I’m sure you would not mind the Ghanaian name Abena, the Akan name for all Tuesday born females, to your name,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023
Drawing inspiration from Ghana's rich arts and culture, the cathedral will have a high pitched staggered roof imitating the architecture of the Akan people.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023
Located in present-day Ghana, Elmina was a fortified trading post from which the Portuguese traded copper, brass, and cloth with Africans for Akan gold.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The volume commences with an account of the Akan tribes and their existence in two main branches--Fanti and Ashanti.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
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