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Wakan

Wakan

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Wakan may refer to:
  • "Wakan" meaning "powerful" or "sacred" in the language of the Lakota Sioux
  • "Wakan," the original Lakota name for the Rum River
    Rum River
    The Rum River is a slow, meandering channel that connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River. It runs through the farming communities of Milaca, Princeton, Cambridge, and Isanti before ending at the Twin Cities suburb of Anoka, roughly 20 miles northwest of downtown...

     of Minnesota
  • Wakan Tanka
    Wakan Tanka
    In the Sioux tradition , Wakan Tanka is the term for the "sacred" or the "divine". It is often translated as "The Great Spirit"...

     (variant name), the "Great Spirit," "sacred" or the "divine" as understood by the Lakota people
  • A Japanese
    Japanese language
    is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family. There are a number of proposed relationships with other languages, but none have gained general acceptance...

     word (和館, lit. "Japan hall/building") used to describe historical Japanese settlements and missions in foreign countries.
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Wakan may refer to:
  • "Wakan" meaning "powerful" or "sacred" in the language of the Lakota Sioux
  • "Wakan," the original Lakota name for the Rum River
    Rum River
    The Rum River is a slow, meandering channel that connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River. It runs through the farming communities of Milaca, Princeton, Cambridge, and Isanti before ending at the Twin Cities suburb of Anoka, roughly 20 miles northwest of downtown...

     of Minnesota
  • Wakan Tanka
    Wakan Tanka
    In the Sioux tradition , Wakan Tanka is the term for the "sacred" or the "divine". It is often translated as "The Great Spirit"...

     (variant name), the "Great Spirit," "sacred" or the "divine" as understood by the Lakota people
  • A Japanese
    Japanese language
    is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family. There are a number of proposed relationships with other languages, but none have gained general acceptance...

     word (和館, lit. "Japan hall/building") used to describe historical Japanese settlements and missions in foreign countries. See waegwan
    Waegwan
    Waegwan is the seat of government for Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It consists primarily of the administrative district of Waegwan-eup. It is situated on both sides of the Nakdong River, which is traversed by railroad, automobile and pedestrian bridges.Waegwan is home...

    , the Korean
    Korean language
    Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers. It was formerly written using Hanja, borrowed Chinese characters pronounced in the Korean...

     reading of the word.
  • Wakan rōeishū
    Wakan roeishu
    The is an anthology of Chinese poems and 31-syllable Japanese waka for singing to fixed melodies .Compiled by Fujiwara no Kintō ca...

     和漢朗詠集: A Collection of Chinese and Japanese Poems