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Ghana

[ gah-nuh, gan-uh ]

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.


Ghana

/ ˈɡɑːə /

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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Ghana

  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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Notes

It was colonized as the Gold Coast by Britain .
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Other Word Forms

  • ·پ-ҳ·Բ adjective
  • ҳ·Բ· ҳ·Ծ· [gah, -nee-, uh, n, gan, -ee-], noun adjective
  • -ҳn adjective
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Example Sentences

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And the direction of travel thus far has been that the Ghana international would leave the Emirates Stadium when his contract expires at the end of the season.

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Ghana has had 15 chief justices, whose job involves overseeing the administration of justice in the country.

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Fredrik, who is from Ghana but came from Poland, said the Pope had "done his best" and "it is left to us to continue the good works".

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Chief justices in Ghana enjoy security of tenure - meaning they can only be removed from office on a few grounds, which include incompetence and misbehaviour.

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However, he has opposed the criminalisation of gay relationships in African countries including his native Ghana.

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