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akan

Main Entry:: Akan
Pronunciation:: \ˈä-ˌkän\
Function:: noun
Inflected Form(s):: plural Akan or Akans
Date:: 1694

1 : a member of any of the Akan-speaking peoples (as the Ashanti) 2 : a Kwa language of southern Ghana and the southeast Ivory Coast

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