Akans

Variant of Akan

Akan definition

Akan (ä′kän′)

noun

  1. pl. Akan A′kan′ or Akans A′kans′ a member of any of a group of peoples living mainly in Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast, including the Ashanti of Ghana
  2. the Kwa language of these peoples

adjective

of the Akan or their language or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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