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Kankan

American  
[kahn-kahn] / kɑ̃ˈkɑ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in E Guinea.


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Local media reports say he is an ethnic Malinke, like Conde, and comes from the eastern Kankan Region.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2021

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 D'Anvers, N.

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