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Ghana
[ gah-nuh, gan-uh ]
noun
- 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.
- 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
- 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)
Ghana
- 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
Other Word Forms
- ·پ-ҳ·Բ adjective
- ҳ·Բ· ҳ·Ծ· [gah, -nee-, uh, n, gan, -ee-], noun adjective
- -ҳn adjective
Example Sentences
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.
Ghana has had 15 chief justices, whose job involves overseeing the administration of justice in the country.
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".
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.
However, he has opposed the criminalisation of gay relationships in African countries including his native Ghana.
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