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• accra
  accra

  noun

  the wood of a sapele.
• Accra
  Accra

  noun

  a seaport in and the capital of Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea.

accra

¹ American  

[ak-ruh, uh-krah] / ˈæk rə, əˈkrɑ /

noun

1. the wood of a sapele.

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Accra ² American  

[ak-ruh, uh-krah] / ˈæk rə, əˈkrɑ /

Or Akkra

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea.

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Accra British  

/ əˈkrɑː /

noun

1. the capital of Ghana, a port on the Gulf of Guinea: built on the site of three 17th-century trading fortresses founded by the English, Dutch, and Danish. Pop: 1 970 000 (2005 est)

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Etymology

Origin of accra

Probably after Accra

Example Sentences

Previous deportees were held in secret at a military base outside Accra by armed guards.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

Washington and Accra have not made the actual number public.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

Adusah said he left the hotel after midnight to travel to Accra for a 6am meeting before a scheduled flight back to the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

"This is home," the now Ghanaian-American, who lives in Ghana's southeastern Volta region, told AFP at a ceremony in the oceanside capital Accra.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

She is used to my calling her from airports anywhere from Boston to San Francisco, or Miami to Seattle, or, here lately, cabling her from Cairo, Accra, or the Holy City of Mecca.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey