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Ghanaian

British  
/ ˈɡɑːnɪən, ɡɑːˈneɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Ghana or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Ghana

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Ghanaian found space down the right flank and fired a shot that Angus Gunn easily controlled.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Arday’s back story—an autistic child of Ghanaian migrants who couldn’t speak until he was 11 and went on to become a trail blazer at Cambridge—came under scrutiny earlier this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Diplomatic tensions have also grown between South Africa and Ghana following claims that a Ghanaian man was killed during anti-migrant protests in South Africa, allegations South African officials have rejected.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

South African authorities however say no such killing happened, and insist the only Ghanaian victim was 35-year-old Kwabena Boagen whose death they say was not related to the protests.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

In fact, I feel great—as if I didn’t just fight my way through the Ghanaian underworld.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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