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Ghanaian
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English
Etymology
en :af Ghana -ian + 1
Pronunciation
en /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/<a:RP><ref:78029<<name:OED>>> /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/<ref:<<name:OED>>>
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ghanaian.wav Southern England
en /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/<a:GA><ref:<<name:OED>>>
en eɪən ɑːniən 3
Adjective
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Of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people.
en 2020 w:Yaa Gyasi w:Transcendent Kingdom Viking (2021) 6 She had a little southern accent that tinted her Ghanaian one.
Derived terms
en Ghanaianism Ghanaianization Ghanaianize Ghanaianness
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
Afrikaans: af Ghanees
Asturian: ast ghanianu
Catalan: ca ghanès
Czech: cs ghanský
Danish: da ghanesisk
Dutch: nl Ghanees
Finnish: fi ghanalainen
French: fr ghanéen
Galician: gl ghanés
German: de ghanaisch
Greek: el γκανέζικος m, el γκανέζικη f, el γκανέζικο n
Hungarian: hu ghánai
Icelandic: is ganverskur
Italian: it ghanese
Macedonian: mk гански
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb ghanesisk
Nynorsk: nn ghanesisk
Polish: pl ghański
Portuguese: pt ganês
Romanian: ro ghanez
Russian: ru га́нский
Spanish: es ghanés
Swahili: sw Kighana
Swedish: sv ghanansk
Ukrainian: uk га́нський
Noun
A person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent.
en 2016 w:Yaa Gyasi Homegoing Penguin Books (2017) 264 The locals did this, waiting for tourists to disembark so that they could con them into paying for things Ghanaians knew were free.
Hypernyms
en sub-Saharan, en African
Translations
person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
Afrikaans: af Ghanees
Akan: ak Ghanani
Armenian: hy գանացի
Asturian: ast ghanianu m, ast ghaniana f
Catalan: ca ghanès
Czech: cs Ghaňan m
Danish: da ghaneser c
Dutch: nl Ghanees m, nl Ghanese f
Esperanto: eo ganaano m, eo ganaanino f
Finnish: fi ghanalainen
French: fr Ghanéen, fr Ghanéenne f
Galician: gl ghanés m
German: de Ghanaer m, de Ghanaerin f
Greek: el Γκανέζος m, el Γκανέζα f
Hungarian: hu ghánai
Icelandic: is Ganverji m, is Ganverjar m-p
Italian: it ghanese c, it ghanesi c-p
Japanese: ja ガーナ人 gāna-jin
Korean: ko 가나인, ko 가나 사람
Macedonian: mk Ганец m, mk Ганка f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb ghaneser m
Nynorsk: nn ghanesar m
Polish: pl Ghańczyk m, pl Ghanka f
Portuguese: pt ganês m
Romanian: ro ghanez m, ro ghaneză f
Russian: ru га́нец m
Spanish: es ghanés
Swahili: sw Mghana
Swedish: male sv ghanan c, female sv ghananska c
Turkish: tr Ganalı
Ukrainian: uk га́нець m, uk га́нка f
References
en Nationalities Ghana