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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