AKAN

Meaning of AKAN in English

ˈäˌkän noun

( plural akan or akans )

Usage: capitalized

1. : a Kwa language spoken over a wide area in Ghana and extending into the Ivory Coast — see fanti , twi

2. : the Akan-speaking peoples including the Akim, Akwapim, Ashanti, and Fanti

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

AKAN — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Date: 1694 a member of any of the ~-speaking peoples (as the Ashanti), a Kwa …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AKAN — Cluster of peoples inhabiting southern Ghana, eastern Côte d'Ivoire, and parts of Togo. Their languages are of the Niger-Congo languages …
Английский словарь Британика
AKAN — /ah"kahn/ , n. , pl. Akans , ( esp. collectively ) Akan for 2. 1. a language of the Kwa …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AKAN — noun ( plural Akan or Akans ) Date: 1694 1. : a member of any of the Akan-speaking peoples (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AKAN — [ 'α:k(ə)n ] ■ noun ( plural same) 1》 a member of a people inhabiting southern Ghana and adjacent parts …
Concise Oxford English vocab
AKAN — [Akan] n, pl Akan or Akans (1694) 1: a member of any of the Akan-speaking peoples (as the Ashanti) 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AKAN — ethnolinguistic grouping of peoples of the Guinea Coast who speak Akan languages (of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family). …
Britannica English vocabulary
AKAN — Akan BrE AmE ə ˈkæn AmE ˈɑːk ɑːn —Akan [ a kã \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AKAN — n. Cluster of peoples inhabiting southern Ghana, eastern Côte d'Ivoire, and parts of Togo. Their languages are of the Kwa …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AKAN — (sharp sighted), son of Ezer, one of the "dukes" or chieftains of the Horites, and descendant of Seir. (Genesis 36:27) …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
AKAN — Акан
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
AKAN — n. Pronunciation: ' ä- ˌ kän Function: noun Inflected Form: plural Akan or Akans Date: 1694 1 : a member …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
AKAN STATES — historical complex of gold-producing forest states in western Africa lying between the Komo and Volta rivers (in an area roughly …
Britannica English vocabulary
AKAN LANGUAGES — dialect cluster of the Nyo group within the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Its principal members are Asante …
Britannica English vocabulary
TWI — also Tshi noun Etymology: Akan čhíì Date: 1874 a dialect of Akan, a literary language based on the ~ dialect …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GHANA — officially Republic of Ghana formerly Gold Coast Country, West Africa. Area: 92,098 sq mi (238,533 sq km). Population (2002 est.): …
Английский словарь Британика
FANTE — or Fanti Second largest segment of the Akan peoples of the southern coast of Ghana. The Fante speak a language …
Английский словарь Британика
TWI — I. noun or tshi also tchi ˈchwē, ˈtwē, ˈchē ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a dialect of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AKIM — ˈäˌkim, ˈäˌchim noun ( plural akim or akims ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Akan 1. : an African Negro Akan-speaking …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWI — also Tshi ˈchwē, chə-ˈwē, ˈtwē, ˈchē Etymology: Akan čhíì Date: 1874 1. : a dialect of Akan 2. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWI — [ twi: , tʃwi: ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of an Akan-speaking people …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FANTE — [ 'fanti ] (also Fanti ) ■ noun ( plural same or Fantis ) 1》 a member of a people …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ASHANTI — [ ə'ʃanti ] (also Asante ) ■ noun ( plural same) 1》 a member of a people of south central …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TWI — [Twi] n (1874) 1: a dialect of Akan 2: a literary language based on the Twi dialect and used by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WESTERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
Britannica English vocabulary
DENKYERA — also spelled Denkyira major 17th-century kingdom of the southern Akan peoples, situated in the forested hinterland of modern Ghana's southwestern …
Britannica English vocabulary
COTE D'IVOIRE, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the present. Additional reading T.D. Roberts et al., Area Handbook …
Britannica English vocabulary
BONO — Akan state of West Africa from the 15th to the 18th century, located between the forests of Guinea and the …
Britannica English vocabulary
AKWAMU — Akan state (c. 16001730) of the Gold and Slave coasts of western Africa. At its apogee in the early 18th …
Britannica English vocabulary
GHANA — n. officially Republic of Ghana formerly Gold Coast Country, West Africa. Area: 92,098 sq mi (238,533 sq km). Population (2002 …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FANTE — n. or Fanti Second largest segment of the Akan peoples of the southern coast of Ghana. The Fante speak a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ASANTE — n. or Ashanti People of southern Ghana and adjacent areas of Togo and Côte d'Ivoire. The largest segment of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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