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 RiverRum RiverThe Rum River is a slow, meandering channel that connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River. It runs for through the farming communities of Onamia, Milaca, Princeton, Cambridge, and Isanti before ending at the Twin Cities suburb of Anoka, roughly 20 miles northwest of downtown...
of Minnesota - Wakan TankaWakan TankaIn the Sioux way of life, Wakan Tanka is the term for "the sacred" or "the divine". This is usually translated as "The Great Spirit"...
(variant name), the "Great Spirit," "sacred" or the "divine" as understood by the Lakota people - A JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
word (和館, lit. "Japan hall/building") used to describe historical Japanese settlements and missions in foreign countries. See waegwanWaegwanWaegwan 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 KoreanKorean languageKorean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
reading of the word. - Wakan rōeishūWakan roeishuThe 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
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