Ghana

See also: ghana and Ghána

English

Ghana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ghana

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

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana

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

Derived terms

Basque

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ghana inan

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ghanatar (“Ghanaian”)

Further reading

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ghana ?

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɦana]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana f (related adjective ghanský, demonym Ghaňan)

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Further reading

  • Ghana in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Ghana in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Ghana in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ghana n

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From English Ghana.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Ghana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Ghana —
genitive Ghanan —
partitive Ghanaa —
illative Ghanaan —
singular plural
nominative Ghana —
accusative nom. Ghana —
gen. Ghanan
genitive Ghanan —
partitive Ghanaa —
inessive Ghanassa —
elative Ghanasta —
illative Ghanaan —
adessive Ghanalla —
ablative Ghanalta —
allative Ghanalle —
essive Ghanana —
translative Ghanaksi —
abessive Ghanatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Ghana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ghanani —
accusative nom. Ghanani —
gen. Ghanani
genitive Ghanani —
partitive Ghanaani —
inessive Ghanassani —
elative Ghanastani —
illative Ghanaani —
adessive Ghanallani —
ablative Ghanaltani —
allative Ghanalleni —
essive Ghananani —
translative Ghanakseni —
abessive Ghanattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ghanasi —
accusative nom. Ghanasi —
gen. Ghanasi
genitive Ghanasi —
partitive Ghanaasi —
inessive Ghanassasi —
elative Ghanastasi —
illative Ghanaasi —
adessive Ghanallasi —
ablative Ghanaltasi —
allative Ghanallesi —
essive Ghananasi —
translative Ghanaksesi —
abessive Ghanattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ghanamme —
accusative nom. Ghanamme —
gen. Ghanamme
genitive Ghanamme —
partitive Ghanaamme —
inessive Ghanassamme —
elative Ghanastamme —
illative Ghanaamme —
adessive Ghanallamme —
ablative Ghanaltamme —
allative Ghanallemme —
essive Ghananamme —
translative Ghanaksemme —
abessive Ghanattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ghananne —
accusative nom. Ghananne —
gen. Ghananne
genitive Ghananne —
partitive Ghanaanne —
inessive Ghanassanne —
elative Ghanastanne —
illative Ghanaanne —
adessive Ghanallanne —
ablative Ghanaltanne —
allative Ghanallenne —
essive Ghanananne —
translative Ghanaksenne —
abessive Ghanattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Ghanansa —
accusative nom. Ghanansa —
gen. Ghanansa
genitive Ghanansa —
partitive Ghanaansa —
inessive Ghanassaan
Ghanassansa
—
elative Ghanastaan
Ghanastansa
—
illative Ghanaansa —
adessive Ghanallaan
Ghanallansa
—
ablative Ghanaltaan
Ghanaltansa
—
allative Ghanalleen
Ghanallensa
—
essive Ghananaan
Ghananansa
—
translative Ghanakseen
Ghanaksensa
—
abessive Ghanattaan
Ghanattansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.na/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana m

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaːna/
  • (file)

Proper noun

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

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: Ghà‧na

Proper noun

Ghana m

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ghana, from Soninke gajanŋa.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ghana f

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • ghański
nouns
  • Ghanka
  • Ghańczyk

Further reading

  • Ghana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɦana]

Proper noun

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

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

References

  • “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, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡana/ [ˈɡa.na]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Gha‧na
  • Homophone: gana

Proper noun

Ghana f

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana n (genitive Ghanas)

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)
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