Ghana

American  

[gah-nuh, gan-uh] / ˈgɑ nə, ˈgæn ə /

noun

1. a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Accra.

2. Kingdom of Ghana, a medieval western African empire extending from near the Atlantic coast almost to Timbuktu; flourished from about the 9th to 12th centuries.

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Ghana British  

/ ˈɡɑːnə /

noun

1. a republic in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: a powerful empire from the 4th to the 13th centuries; a major source of gold and slaves for Europeans after 1471; British colony of the Gold Coast established in 1874; united with British Togoland in 1957 and became a republic and a member of the Commonwealth in 1960. Official language: English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: cedi. Capital: Accra. Pop: 25 199 609 (2013 est). Area: 238 539 sq km (92 100 sq miles)

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Ghana Cultural  

1. Nation in western Africa bordered to the north by Burkina Faso, to the east by Togo, to the south by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west by the Ivory Coast. Its capital and largest city is Accra.

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It was colonized as the Gold Coast by Britain.

Other Word Forms

• Ghanaian noun
• Ghanian noun
• anti-Ghana adjective
• pro-Ghana adjective

Example Sentences

Moscow has also pushed a recruitment drive across the African continent, signing up fighters from Egypt to South Africa and from Ghana to Zimbabwe.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

A third man seems to have never been tracked down and interviewed by investigators in Ghana.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Ghana is amongst those which has urged Russia to stop recruiting combatants.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

A L.A. artist, who also works in Ghana, created this multipanel reimagining of people’s journeys from Africa to the U.S., inspired in part by famed Afrofuturistic science-fiction writer Octavia E. Butler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

And if there was any chance I had hers too, then I was ready to shout it from the rooftops because as far as I was concerned she was the prettiest girl in Ghana.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo