Wakan may refer to: Wakan, Oman, a village in Oman Wakan, meaning "powerful" or "sacred" in the Lakota language Wakan, the original Dakota 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 (, "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, a collection of Chinese and Japanese poems