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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Kwa language spoken in parts of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire whose two main varieties are Fante and Twi.
  • noun A member of a people of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, including the Fante and the Twi.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Akan people.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Akan language and other related languages.
  • proper noun A people who inhabit Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.
  • proper noun The Niger-Congo language spoken by these people.
  • proper noun A group of languages spoken in Ghana.
  • proper noun A volcano in Hokkaido, Japan.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast

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