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Aklan

noun
\ˈä-ˌklän\
variants: or less commonly Aklanon \ˈä-klə-ˌnän \
plural Aklan or Aklans also Aklanon or Aklanons

Definition of Aklan 

1a : a predominantly Christian Bisayan people on Panay Island, Philippines

b : a member of such people

2 : the Austronesian language of the Aklan people

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First Known Use of Aklan

1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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