Akan

Akan may refer to:

People and languages

• Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire
• Akan languages, a language group within the wider Central Tano languages
• Kwa languages, a language group which includes Akan
• Central Tano languages, a language group which includes Akan

Places

• Akan (Ghana parliament constituency)
• Akan District, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Akan, Hokkaido, a town in Akan District, Hokkaido
  • Akan National Park
    • Akan Volcanic Complex, a volcano in Hokkaidō, Japan
    • Lake Akan, a lake in Hokkaidō, Japan
    • Akan River, a river in Hokkaidō, Japan
• Akan, Wisconsin, a town in the United States

Other uses

Akan religion

• Akan (surname), a surname
• Akan names, names of Ghana origin
• Akan (biblical figure), a person mentioned in the Book of Genesis
• Akan (Maya god), a deity in Maya religion (identified with the god A')
• Akan (あかん), a Japanese Kansai dialect phrase meaning "No way"

See also

• Acan (disambiguation)
• Akkan