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Ghana

Named after the Ghana Empire by J. B. Danquah, from Soninke gajanŋa.

• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːnə/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑnə/, /ˈɡænə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə
• Rhymes: -ænə

Ghana

1. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Ghana.

• Subsahara
• Ghana-Must-Go
• Ghanan (nonstandard)
• Ghanaian

The Republic of Ghana

• Afrikaans: Ghana (af)

• Akan: Ghana, Gaana

• Amharic: ጋና (gana)

• Arabic: غَانَا f (ḡānā)

• Aramaic:
  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ݂ܵܢܵܐ f (ḡānā)

• Armenian: Գանա (hy) (Gana)

• Asturian: Ghana (ast)

• Azerbaijani: Qana (az)

• Balinese: Ghana

• Basque: Ghana

• Belarusian: Га́на f (Hána)

• Bengali: ঘানা (bn) (ghana)

• Betawi: Gana

• Breton: Ghana

• Bulgarian: Га́на f (Gána)

• Burmese: ဂါနာ (gana)

• Catalan: Ghana (ca)

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 加納 / 加纳 (zh) (Jiānà) (Mainland China), 迦納 / 迦纳 (zh) (Jiānà) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Ghana (cs) f

• Danish: Ghana (da)

• Dutch: Ghana (nl) n

• Esperanto: Ganao (eo)

• Estonian: Ghana (et)

• Farefare: Gãana

• Finnish: Ghana (fi)

• French: Ghana (fr)

• Georgian: განა (ka) (gana)

• German: Ghana (de) n

• Greek: Γκάνα (el) f (Gkána)

• Hausa: Gānà (ha) f

• Hebrew: גאנה

• Hindi: घाना (hi) (ghānā)

• Hungarian: Ghána (hu)

• Icelandic: Gana (is)

• Indonesian: Ghana (id)

• Interlingua: Ghana

• Irish: Gána m, Poblacht Ghána f

• Italian: Ghana (it) m

• Japanese: ガーナ (ja) (Gāna)

• Javanese: Ghana

• Kalenjin: Ghana

• Kamba: Ghana

• Kazakh: Гана (kk) (Gana)

• Khmer: ហ្គាណា (gaanaa)

• Kikuyu: Ghana

• Korean: 가나 (ko) (Gana)

• Kyrgyz: Гана (Gana)

• Latvian: Gana (lv) f

• Lithuanian: Gana (lt) f

• Luhya: Ghana

• Luo: Ghana

• Macedonian: Гана (mk) f (Gana)

• Manx: Yn Gharney f

• Māori: Kāna

• Meru: Ghana, Ghana

• Mongolian: Гана (mn) (Gana)

• Navajo: Gáana

• Norman: Ghana m

• Norwegian: Ghana (no)

• Persian: غنا (fa) (ġanâ)

• Polish: Ghana (pl) f

• Portuguese: Gana (pt) m

• Romanian: Ghana (ro) f

• Russian: Га́на (ru) f (Gána)

• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: Гана f
  Latin: Gana (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ඝානාව (ghānāwa)

• Slovak: Ghana f

• Slovene: Gána (sl) f

• Spanish: Ghana (es)

• Sundanese: Ghana

• Swahili: Ghana (sw)

• Swedish: Ghana (sv)

• Tagalog: Gana

• Tajik: Гана (Gana)

• Tamil: கானா (ta) (kāṉā)

• Thai: กานา (th) (gaa-nâa)

• Turkish: Gana (tr)

• Turkmen: Gana

• Ukrainian: Га́на (uk) f (Hána)

• Urdu: گھانا (ghānā)

• Uzbek: Gana (uz)

• Vietnamese: Gha-na

• Wolaytta: Gaana

• Yoruba: Gánà

• Countries of the world

• Algeria

• Angola

• Benin

• Botswana

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Cabo Verde

• Cameroon

• Central African Republic

• Chad

• Comoros

• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Djibouti

• Egypt

• Equatorial Guinea

• Eritrea

• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland

• Ethiopia

• Gabon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Guinea

• Guinea-Bissau

• Kenya

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Libya

• Madagascar

• Malawi

• Mali

• Mauritania

• Mauritius

• Morocco

• Mozambique

• Namibia

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Republic of the Congo

• Rwanda

• São Tomé and Príncipe

• Senegal

• Seychelles

• Sierra Leone

• Somalia

• South Africa

• South Sudan

• Sudan

• Tanzania

• Togo

• Tunisia

• Uganda

• Western Sahara

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

• Gahan, Hagan

Ghana

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa; capital: Accra)

• Ghanees
• IPA(key): /ɡana/ [ɡa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana, -a
• Hyphenation: Gha‧na

Ghana inan

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghanatar (“Ghanaian”)

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

• IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.nə]

• IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡa.na]

• Homophone: gana

Ghana ?

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghanès

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Ghana

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Ghana

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• IPA(key): [ˈɡɦana]

Ghana f (relational adjective ghanský, demonym Ghaňan)

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Declension of Ghana (sg-only hard feminine)

| | singular | | | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | nominative | Ghana | | genitive | Ghany | | dative | Ghaně | | accusative | Ghanu | | vocative | Ghano | | locative | Ghaně | | instrumental | Ghanou |

• “Ghana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Ghana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Ghana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Ghana

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghaneser
• ghanesisk
• IPA(key): /ˈɣaː.naː/
• Hyphenation: Gha‧na

Ghana n

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• Ghanees
• Ghana on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

From English Ghana.

• IPA(key): /ˈɡhɑnɑ/, [ˈɡhɑ̝nɑ̝]
• IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːnɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝ːnɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification(key): Gha‧na
• Hyphenation(key): Gha‧na

Ghana

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghanalainen
• IPA(key): /ɡa.na/

Ghana m

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• Ghanéen
• ghanéen
• IPA(key): /ˈɡaːna/

Ghana n (proper noun, genitive Ghanas or (optionally with an article) **Ghana)

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghanaisch

• Ghanaer

• Ghanese

• Ägypten

• Algerien

• Angola

• Äquatorialguinea

• Äthiopien

• Benin

• Botswana

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Demokratische Republik Kongo

• Dschibuti

• Elfenbeinküste

• Eritrea

• Eswatini

• Gabun

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Guinea

• Guinea-Bissau

• Kamerun

• Kap Verde

• Kenia

• Komoren

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Libyen

• Madagaskar

• Malawi

• Mali

• Marokko

• Mauretanien

• Mauritius

• Mosambik

• Namibia

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Republik Kongo

• Ruanda

• Sambia

• Senegal

• Seychellen

• Sierra Leone

• Simbabwe

• Somalia

• Südafrika

• Sudan

• Südsudan

• São Tomé und Príncipe

• Tansania

• Togo

• Tschad

• Tunesien

• Uganda

• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Named after the Ghana Empire by J. B. Danquah, from Soninke gajanŋa.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡana/ [ˈɡa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Gha‧na

Ghana

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Ghana (plural **Ghana-Ghana or para Ghana)

1. Ghanaian

Ghana (comparative lebih Ghana, superlative paling Ghana)

1. Ghanaian

• Afrika Selatan

• Aljazair

• Angola

• Benin

• Botswana

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Cad

• Eritrea

• Eswatini

• Etiopia

• Gabon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Guinea

• Guinea Khatulistiwa

• Guinea-Bissau

• Jibuti

• Kamerun

• Kenya

• Komoro

• Lesoto

• Liberia

• Libya

• Madagaskar

• Malawi

• Mali

• Maroko

• Mauritania

• Mauritius

• Mesir

• Mozambik

• Namibia

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Pantai Gading

• Republik Afrika Tengah

• Republik Demokratik Kongo

• Republik Kongo

• Rwanda

• Sao Tome dan Principe

• Senegal

• Seychelles

• Sierra Leone

• Somalia

• Sudan

• Sudan Selatan

• Tanjung Verde

• Tanzania

• Togo

• Tunisia

• Uganda

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

• “Ghana”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA(key): /ˈɡa.na/

• Rhymes: -ana

• Hyphenation: Ghà‧na

Ghana m

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghanese

Ghana

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghaneser
• ghanesisk

Ghana

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghanesar
• ghanesisk

Borrowed from English Ghana, from Soninke gajanŋa.

• IPA(key): /ˈɡa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Gha‧na

Ghana f (related adjective ghański)

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)
   • 2007, Rafał Górski, Jan Sowa, Bez państwa, Kraków: Korporacja ha!art, page 208:
     Natomiast antropolog Michael Löwy zasugerował, że warto wykorzystać doświadczenia mediacyjne wiosek w Ghanie. […]
     Meanwhile, anthropologist Michael Löwy suggested that it is worth using the mediation experiences of villages in Ghana. […]
   • 2017 April 11, PAP, “Były chodziarz olimpijski dogonił sprawcę napadu”, in gosc.pl‎[1]:
     Na bar w miejscowości Montesilvano koło Pescary próbował napaść 23-letni mężczyzna urodzony w Ghanie, bardzo postawny i wyróżniający się długimi nogami […]
     A 23-year-old man born in Ghana, very tall and with long legs, tried to rob a bar in Montesilvano near Pescara […]
   • 2025 July 24, cza/ zan/, “Geolodzy chcą ochrony krateru meteorytowego w Ghanie”, in gosc.pl‎[2]:
     Znajduje się w Ghanie, w bogatym w minerały pasie Aszanti (jest tam m.in. złoto). […]
     It is located in Ghana, in the mineral-rich Ashanti belt (it contains gold, among other things). […]

• Ghanka

• Ghańczyk

• Algieria

• Angola

• Benin

• Botswana

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Czad

• Demokratyczna Republika Konga

• Dżibuti

• Egipt

• Erytrea

• Eswatini

• Etiopia

• Gabon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Gwinea

• Gwinea Bissau

• Gwinea Równikowa

• Kamerun

• Kenia

• Komory

• Kongo

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Libia

• Madagaskar

• Malawi

• Mali

• Maroko

• Mauretania

• Mauritius

• Mozambik

• Namibia

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Południowa Afryka

• Republika Środkowoafrykańska

• Republika Zielonego Przylądka

• Rwanda

• Sahara Zachodnia

• Senegal

• Seszele

• Sierra Leone

• Somalia

• Sudan

• Sudan Południowy

• Tanzania

• Togo

• Tunezja

• Uganda

• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej

• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

• “Ghana”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)

• IPA(key): /ɡɦana/, [ˈɡɦana]

• Rhymes: -ana

• Hyphenation: Gha‧na

Ghana f (genitive singular Ghany, declension pattern of žena)

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• “Ghana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
• IPA(key): /ˈɡana/ [ˈɡa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Gha‧na
  • Homophone: gana
• IPA(key): /ˈɡhana/ [ˈɡʱa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana

Ghana f

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghanés
• ghanesa

Ghana

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• Mghana

• Afrika Kusini

• Algeria ~ Aljeria

• Angola

• Benin

• Botswana

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Cabo Verde

• Chad ~ Chadi

• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa

• Eritrea

• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi

• Gabon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau

• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta

• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini

• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati

• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa

• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville

• Jibuti ~ Djibouti

• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni

• Kenya

• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Libya

• Madagaska, Bukini

• Malawi, Unyasa

• Mali

• Mauritania

• Mayotte

• Misri, Umisri

• Morisi

• Moroko ~ Maroko

• Msumbiji, Mozambik

• Mtakatifu Helena

• Namibia

• Niger ~ Nijeri

• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria

• Rwanda ~ Ruanda

• Réunion

• Sahara ya Magharibi

• Sao Tome na Principe

• Senegal ~ Senegali

• Shelisheli

• Sierra Leone

• Somalia

• Sudan

• Sudan Kusini

• Tanzania

• Togo

• Tunisia

• Uganda

• Uswazi, Swaziland

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

• IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːna/

Ghana n (genitive Ghanas)

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• ghanan

• ghanansk

• ghananska

• Algeriet

• Angola

• Benin

• Botswana

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Centralafrikanska republiken

• Demokratiska republiken Kongo

• Djibouti

• Egypten

• Ekvatorialguinea

• Elfenbenskusten

• Eritrea

• Etiopien

• Gabon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Guinea

• Guinea-Bissau

• Kamerun

• Kap Verde

• Kenya

• Komorerna

• Kongo-Brazzaville

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Libyen

• Madagaskar

• Malawi

• Mali

• Marocko

• Mauretanien

• Mauritius

• Moçambique

• Namibia

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Rwanda

• São Tomé och Príncipe

• Senegal

• Seychellerna

• Sierra Leone

• Somalia

• Sudan

• Swaziland

• Sydafrika

• Sydsudan

• Tanzania

• Tchad

• Togo

• Tunisien

• Uganda

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

• “Ghana”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• Svensk MeSH

From English Ghana, from Soninke gajanŋa (“to fight”).

• IPA(key): /ˈɡa(ː)na/

Ghana f

1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

• Ghanaidd (“Ghanaian”, adjective)

• Ghaniad (“Chadian (person)”)

• Angola

• Algeria

• Benin

• Botswana

• Bwrcina Ffaso

• Bwrwndi

• Cabo Verde

• Camerŵn

• Cenia

• De Affrica

• De Swdan

• Eritrea

• Eswatini

• Ethiopia

• Gabon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Gini

• Gini Bisaw

• Gini Gyhydeddol

• Gorllewin Sahara

• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica

• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo

• Gweriniaeth y Congo

• Jibwti

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Libia

• Madagasgar

• Malawi

• Mali

• Mawrisiws

• Mawritania

• Moroco

• Mosambic

• Namibia

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Rwanda

• Sambia

• Senegal

• Sierra Leone

• Simbabwe

• Somalia

• Swdan

• São Tomé a Príncipe

• Tansania

• Tiwnisia

• Togo

• Tsiad

• Wganda

• y Comoros

• y Seychelles

• y Traeth Ifori

• yr Aifft

Mutated forms of Ghana

△Irregular.

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.