Ghanaian

English

Etymology

Ghana +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/[1]
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑni.ən/[1]
Rhymes: -eɪən, -ɑːniən

Adjective

Ghanaian (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people

Catalan: ghanès (ca)
Czech: ghanský (cs)
Danish: ghanesisk
Dutch: Ghanees (nl)
Finnish: ghanalainen (fi)
French: ghanéen (fr)
German: ghanaisch (de)
Greek: γκανέζικος m (gkanézikos), γκανέζικη f (gkanéziki), γκανέζικο n (gkanéziko)
Hungarian: ghánai (hu)
Icelandic: ganverskur

Italian: ghanese
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ghanesisk

Nynorsk: ghanesisk (nn)
Portuguese: ganês (pt)
Romanian: ghanez (ro)
Russian: га́нский (ru) (gánskij)
Spanish: ghanés (es)
Swahili: Kighana
Swedish: ghanansk

Noun

Ghanaian (plural Ghanaians)

A person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent.

Hypernyms

sub-Saharan, African

Translations

person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent

Armenian: գանացի (ganacʿi)
Catalan: ghanès (ca)
Czech: Ghaňan m
Danish: ghaneser c
Esperanto: ganaano m, ganaanino f
Finnish: ghanalainen (fi)
French: Ghanéen (fr), Ghanéenne (fr) f
German: Ghanaer (de) m, Ghanaerin (de) f
Greek: Γκανέζος m (Gkanézos), Γκανέζα f (Gkanéza)
Hungarian: ghánai (hu)
Icelandic: Ganverji m, Ganverjar m pl

Italian: ghanese c, ghanesi c pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ghaneser m

Nynorsk: ghanesar (nn) m
Portuguese: ganês (pt) m
Romanian: ghanez (ro) m, ghaneză (ro) f
Russian: га́нец (ru) m (gánec)
Spanish: ghanés (es)
Swahili: Mghana (sw)
Swedish: (male) ghanan (sv) c, (female) ghananska c
Turkish: Ganalı (tr)

References

“Ghanaian”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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