Turkana Syllabification: (Tur·ka·na)Pronunciation: /tərˈkänə/Definition of Turkana noun (plural same) 1a member of an East African people living between Lake Turkana and the Nile. 2the Nilotic language of the Turkana, spoken by about 250,000 people. adjective of or relating to the Turkana or their language. Origin:a local nameTurkana in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Turkana in the British & World English dictionary