Akan Definition
 äkän 
  akan
  
    noun
  
 A Kwa language spoken in parts of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire whose two main varieties are Fante and Twi.
 American Heritage 
A member of any of a group of peoples living mainly in Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast, including the Ashanti of Ghana.
 Webster's New World 
A member of a people of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, including the Fante and the Twi.
 American Heritage 
The Kwa language of these peoples.
 Webster's New World 
    adjective
  
 Of the Akan or their language or culture.
 Webster's New World 
Of or pertaining to the Akan people.
 Wiktionary 
Of or pertaining to the Akan language and other related languages.
 Wiktionary 
    pronoun
  
 A people who inhabit Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.
Wiktionary 
The Niger-Congo language spoken by these people.
Wiktionary 
A group of languages spoken in Ghana.
 Wiktionary 
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