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Definition: Akan |
AkanNoun1. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Akan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Crosswords: Akan |
| Non-English Usage: "Akan" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (ABOUT TO, burr, shall, will, would), Turkish (effusive, flowing, running, runny), Yucatec (snore). |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Some of the most important mythological stories are called Anansasem ("spider stories" also Nyankomsem "words of a sky god"). These stories generally, but not always, revolve around Kwaku Ananse, a trickster-spider spirit.
The highest god is Brekyirihunuade ("he who knows and sees everything").
See also: Akan (language)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Akan."
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Economic History | Ghana | Ethnic groups: Akan, Ewe, Ga, Moshi-Dagomba. (references) |
Ghana | Languages: English (official), Akan 44%, Mole-Dagbani 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga-Adangbe 8%. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | The Baoules, in the Akan division, probably comprise the largest-single subgroup with 15%-20% of the population. (references) | |
Minorities | Cote d'Ivoire | The Akan family comprised more than 42 percent of the citizenry; the largest Akan ethnic group, and the largest ethnic group in the country, is the Baoule. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
akan | 24 |
akan symbol | 6 |
akan clay | 4 |
tarik akan | 4 |
akan religion | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Outoi de uioi asar balaan kai zoukam kai iwukam kai oukan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Hii quoque filii Eser Balaan et Zevan et Acham |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thes the sones of Hesar; Baalan, and Zauan, and Acham. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The childern of Ezer were these Bilhan Seavan and Akan. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Achan. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Ug kini sila mao ang mga anak ni Eser: si Bilhan, si Saban, ug si Akan. |
| Croatian | Ovo su bili sinovi Eserovi: Bilhan, Zaavan i Akan. |
| Danish | Følgende var Ezers Sønner: Bilhan, Zåvan og Akan. |
| Dutch | Dit zijn de zonen van Ezer: Bilhan, en Zaavan, en Akan. |
| Finnish | Nämä olivat Eeserin pojat: Bilhan, Saavan ja Akan. |
| French | Voici les fils d`Etser: Bilhan, Zaavan et Akan. |
| German | Die Kinder Ezers waren: Bilhan, Sawan und Akan. |
| Haitian Creole | Men non pitit gason Ezè yo: Se te Bilan, Zavan ak Akan. |
| Hungarian | Eczernek fiai ezek: Bilhán, Zahaván, Hakán. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ezer leluhur marga: Bilhan, Zaawan, dan Akan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka inilah anak-anak Ezar: Bilhan dan Zaawan dan Akan. |
| Italian | I figli di Eser sono Bilan, Zaavan e Akan. |
| Maori | Ko nga tama enei a Etere; ko Pirihana, ko Taawana, ko Akana. |
| Norwegian | Dette var Esers sønner: Bilhan og Sa'avan og Akan. |
| Portuguese | Estes sĂŁo os filhos de Eser: BilĂŁ, ZaavĂŁ e AcĂŁ. |
| Rumanian | Iatq fiii lui Eyer: Bilhan, Zaavan wi Acan. - |
| Spanish | Los hijos de Ezer fueron: Bilhán, Zaaván y Acán. |
| Swedish | Och dessa voro Esers söner: Bilhan, Saavan och Akan. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words containing "Akan": katakana, katakanas, wakanda, wakandas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kana. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-k-n" | |
-1 letter: ana. | |
-2 letters: aa, an, ka, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-k-n" | |
+1 letter: kanas, tanka. | |
+2 letters: alkane, ananke, anorak, askant, awaken, kaftan, kahuna, kalian, kanban, kantar, kwanza, sanjak, tankas. | |
+3 letters: alkalin, alkanes, alkanet, anankes, angakok, anoraks, askance, awakens, awaking, banksia, canakin, hackman, ikebana, kachina, kaftans, kahunas, kalians, kanbans, kantars, katcina, khanate, kwanzas, manakin, manpack, nunatak, packman, pancake, ransack, sanjaks, tanbark, tankage, tankard, wakanda. | |
+4 letters: alkaline, alkanets, angakoks, antileak, antimask, antitank, awakened, awakener, backhand, backland, bankable, bankcard, banksias, brakeman, canakins, claybank, databank, gymkhana, icekhana, ikebanas, kachinas, kamaaina, kangaroo, kaoliang, katakana, katchina, katcinas, kayaking, khanates, knapsack, kraaling, landmark, mackinaw, manakins, mandrake, marksman, namesake, nunataks, pancaked, pancakes, parkland, partaken, qindarka, ransacks, reawaken, sandbank, snapback, synkarya, tanbarks, tankages, tankards, trackman, unawaked, wakandas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6B 61 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.- .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101011 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A k a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006B 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35776780 |
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