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

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Ghana

Per Variety, “RHOBH” began filming earlier this summer with much of the cast — sans Remini and Tutor — jet-setting off to Ghana for Saint John’s wedding to Keely Watson last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

That episode was blamed for chocolate-price inflation after floods followed by dry winds devastated cocoa harvests in key producers Ivory Coast and Ghana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

They have signed midfielder Frank Onyeka, centre-back Aurele Amenda, winger Loum Tchaouna and goalkeeper Carl Rushworth, while Ghana midfielder Caleb Yirenkyi was their record signing at £23.1m.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

In July, the leader of the Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally, visited Ghana in one of her first international visits in the role.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

They don’t want me there, and I don’t want to be there—so me not going to Ghana seems like a win-win.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer