Wakan may refer to:
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Wakan, Oman
Wakan, Wukan or Wekan () is a village in the wilayah of Nakhal in Oman. It lies on the slopes of the Wadi Mistal mountains at an altitude of approximately above sea level in the Western Hajar Mountains, from Muscat and from Nakhal.
The vil ...
, a village in
Oman
Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...
*Wakan, meaning "powerful" or "sacred" in the
Lakota language
Lakota ( ), also referred to as Lakhota, Teton or Teton Sioux, is a Siouan languages, Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes. Lakota is mutually intelligible with the two dialects of the Dakota language, especially Dakot ...
*Wakan, the original Dakota name for the
Rum River
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of Minnesota
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Wakan Tanka
In Lakota spirituality, ''Wakan Tanka'' ( Standard Lakota Orthography: ''Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka'') is the term for the sacred or the divine. This is usually translated as the "Great Spirit" and occasionally as "Great Mystery".
''Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka ...
(variant name), the "Great Spirit," "sacred" or the "divine" as understood by the Lakota people
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Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
word (和館, lit. "Japan hall/building") used to describe historical Japanese settlements and missions in foreign countries. See
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 railr ...
, the
Korean
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People and culture
* Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean
**Korean dialects
**See also: North–South differences in t ...
reading of the word
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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 railr ...
in
Chilgok County
Chilgok County (''Chilgok-gun'') is in southwest North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is near Gunwi County to the east and adjoins Gimchon-si, Seongju County
Seongju County (''Seongju-gun'') is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South K ...
,
North Gyeongsang
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province,
South Korea
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, sharing the same name
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Wakan rōeishū
The is an anthology of Chinese poems (Jp. ''kanshi ''漢詩) and 31-syllable Japanese waka (Jp. ''tanka'' 短歌) for singing to fixed melodies (the melodies are now extinct).
The text was compiled by Fujiwara no Kintō ca. 1013. It contains 5 ...
'', a collection of Chinese and Japanese poems
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