Wakan may refer to:
*Wakan, meaning "powerful" or "sacred" in the
Lakota language
*Wakan, the original Lakota name for the
Rum River of Minnesota
*
Wakan Tanka (variant name), the "Great Spirit," "sacred" or the "divine" as understood by the Lakota people
*A
Japanese word (和館, lit. "Japan hall/building") used to describe historical Japanese settlements and missions in foreign countries. See
waegwan, the
Korean reading of the word
**
Waegwan in
Chilgok County,
North Gyeongsang province,
South Korea, sharing the same name.
*
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 58 ...
和漢朗詠集: A Collection of Chinese and Japanese Poems
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