Ghana

See also: ghana and Ghána

English

Etymology

Named after the Ghana Empire, in turn, per J. B. Danquah, from Soninke gajanŋa.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːnə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑnə/, /ˈɡænə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə
  • Rhymes: -ænə

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Ghana.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡana/, [ɡa.na]

Proper noun

Ghana inan

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Ghana (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive Ghana
ergative Ghanak
dative Ghanari
genitive Ghanaren
comitative Ghanarekin
causative Ghanarengatik
benefactive Ghanarentzat
instrumental Ghanaz
inessive Ghanan
locative Ghanako
allative Ghanara
terminative Ghanaraino
directive Ghanarantz
destinative Ghanarako
ablative Ghanatik
partitive Ghanarik
prolative Ghanatzat

Derived terms

  • ghanar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ghana ?

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms


Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana f

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Further reading

  • Ghana in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Ghana in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣaː.naː/
  • Hyphenation: Gha‧na

Proper noun

Ghana n

  1. Ghana

Derived terms


Finnish

Etymology

From English Ghana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡhɑnɑ/, [ˈɡhɑnɑ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːnɑ/, [ˈɡɑːnɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): gha‧na

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Ghana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Ghana
genitive Ghanan
partitive Ghanaa
illative Ghanaan
singular plural
nominative Ghana
accusative nom. Ghana
gen. Ghanan
genitive Ghanan
partitive Ghanaa
inessive Ghanassa
elative Ghanasta
illative Ghanaan
adessive Ghanalla
ablative Ghanalta
allative Ghanalle
essive Ghanana
translative Ghanaksi
instructive
abessive Ghanatta
comitative
Possessive forms of Ghana (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person Ghanani Ghanamme
2nd person Ghanasi Ghananne
3rd person Ghanansa

Derived terms


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.na/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana m

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaːna/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana n (proper noun, genitive Ghanas or (optionally with an article) Ghana)

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms


Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: Ghà‧na

Proper noun

Ghana f

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ghana, from Soninke gajanŋa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.na/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Gha‧na

Proper noun

Ghana f

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • ghański
nouns
  • Ghanka
  • Ghańczyk

Further reading

  • Ghana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Ghana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɦana]

Proper noun

Ghana f (genitive singular Ghany, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Ghana (a country in Africa)

References

  • Ghana in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡana/ [ˈɡa.na]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Gha‧na
  • Homophone: gana

Proper noun

Ghana f

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms


Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Ghana

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

See also


Swedish

Proper noun

Ghana n (genitive Ghanas)

  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa)
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