/ Dictionary / Index A Akan: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: A•kan Pronunciation: (ä'kän), [key] — pl. A•kans, A•kan a language of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo spoken in much of Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast. a member of any of various Akan-speaking peoples, including the Ashanti and Fanti. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: akan (Thesaurus) akala Akarnanía Related Content Daily Word Quiz: mamba Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language