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Kankan

American  
[kahn-kahn] / kɑ̃ˈkɑ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in E Guinea.


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Merck & Co's COVID-19 antiviral treatment molnupiravir is expected to be launched in the Chinese market on Friday, Sinopharm's president Liu Yong was quoted as saying by state-backed media outlet Kankan News on Wednesday.

From Reuters Jan. 11, 2023

The Associated Press reported the bizarre story Friday, saying unidentified robbers stopped a taxi van on its 165-mile journey from central Kankan prefecture in Guinea to a medical testing site in Gueckedou.

From US News Nov. 21, 2014

It was traveling from Kankan prefecture in central Guinea to a test site in Gueckedou, in the south.

From Washington Times Nov. 21, 2014

Mr. Koita said he grew up one of nine children in the city of Kankan.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2014

The town of Kankan stands in a plain surrounded by lofty mountains.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by N. D'Anvers

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