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Ghanaian

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/
  • /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/
  • rhymes with -eɪən
  • rhymes with -ɑːniən
  • CMU ARPABET: G AH0 N AY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Ghanaian cocoa production

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ghanese, Ghanian

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Ghana Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ghanaian From Ghana + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Ghanees — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Asturian: ghanianu — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Catalan: ghanès — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Czech: ghanský — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Danish: ghanesisk — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Dutch: Ghanees — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Finnish: ghanalainen — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • French: ghanéen — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Galician: ghanés — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • German: ghanaisch — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Greek: γκανέζικος (gkanézikos) — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Greek: γκανέζικη (gkanéziki) — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Greek: γκανέζικο (gkanéziko) — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Hungarian: ghánai — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Icelandic: ganverskur — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Italian: ghanese — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Macedonian: гански (ganski) — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ghanesisk — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ghanesisk — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Polish: ghański — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Portuguese: ganês — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Romanian: ghanez — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Russian: га́нский (gánskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Spanish: ghanés — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Swahili: Kighana — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Swedish: ghanansk — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Ukrainian: га́нський (hánsʹkyj) — of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
  • Afrikaans: Ghanees — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Akan: Ghanani — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Armenian: գանացի (ganacʻi) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Asturian: ghanianu — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Asturian: ghaniana — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Catalan: ghanès — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Czech: Ghaňan — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Danish: ghaneser — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Dutch: Ghanees — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Dutch: Ghanese — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Esperanto: ganaano — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Esperanto: ganaanino — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Finnish: ghanalainen — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • French: Ghanéen — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • French: Ghanéenne — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Galician: ghanés — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • German: Ghanaer — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • German: Ghanaerin — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Greek: Γκανέζος (Gkanézos) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Greek: Γκανέζα (Gkanéza) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Hungarian: ghánai — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Icelandic: Ganverji — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Icelandic: Ganverjar — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Italian: ghanese — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Italian: ghanesi — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Japanese: ガーナ人 (gāna-jin) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Korean: 가나인 (ganain) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Korean: 가나 사람 (gana saram) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Macedonian: Ганец (Ganec) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Macedonian: Ганка (Ganka) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ghaneser — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ghanesar — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Polish: Ghańczyk — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Polish: Ghanka — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Portuguese: ganês — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Romanian: ghanez — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Romanian: ghaneză — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Russian: га́нец (gánec) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Spanish: ghanés — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Swahili: Mghana — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Swedish: ghanan — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Swedish: ghananska — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Turkish: Ganalı — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Ukrainian: га́нець (hánecʹ) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
  • Ukrainian: га́нка (hánka) — person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
Real reading context

Ghanaian in complete knowledge articles