Ghana
a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of theGold 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). Capital: Accra.
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.
Other words from Ghana
- an·ti-Gha·na, adjective
- Gha·na·ian, Gha·ni·an [gah-nee-uhn, gan-ee-], /ˈgɑ ni ən, ˈgæn i-/, noun, adjective
- pro-Ghana, adjective
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How to use Ghana in a sentence
Its first shipment of 600,000 shots was sent February 24, to Ghana.
Global inequity in COVID-19 vaccination is more than a moral problem | Jonathan Lambert | February 26, 2021 | Science NewsLocal artist Andrea Rowe Kraus’s travel pictures are different from most people’s, and not just because they portray such less-visited lands as Ghana, Myanmar and Uzbekistan.
In the galleries: Personal and political perspectives on the past | Mark Jenkins | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostWe’ve been producing this event called a Full Circle Festival for the past three years and bringing people over to Ghana and reconnecting with the ancestry and visiting all the sites and all that.
He also helps support thousands of students in Ghana, his home country.
A high school student needed help with tuition, so an unlikely group stepped up: Prison inmates | Kellie B. Gormly | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostSamurai, which was established in the same year, has invested in around 25 companies in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Uganda and Rwanda, says managing partner Rena Yoneyama.
Konnichiwa, Africa: Japanese VCs Flood Continent Dominated by China | Charu Kasturi | December 22, 2020 | Ozy
It seems like a personal one for you, since your parents are from Sierra Leone and Ghana.
Idris Elba on Eric Garner, ‘Mi Mandela,’ and Selling Weed to Dave Chappelle | Marlow Stern | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI have not lived in these three countries, I lived in Uganda and Ghana.
The restriction on the use of hands (decried by some soccer-objectors, including myself until we beat Ghana) is sensible.
I switched on the June 16 USA vs. Ghana World Cup match looking for things to loathe.
Anyway, USA vs. Ghana was a great game, a wonderful game, an enthralling game.
And then he also brought some photographs from Ghana—so I'm pretty sure he was there.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyAnd I am pretty sure that he was in Ghana because he brought a newspaper—Ghana newspaper—and there was a picture, small picture.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyI understood that some Swedish people arranged the Ghana trip of his.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyAnd then—I'm not sure whether he was twice in Ghana or only once.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyBut he would tell, yes; about—he would sometimes bring photographs like he brought from Europe, from Ghana, you know.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for Ghana
/ (ˈɡɑːnə) /
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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Cultural definitions for Ghana
[ (gah-nuh) ]
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.
Notes for Ghana
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