Ghanaian

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)

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

Derived terms

• Ghanaianism
• Ghanaianness

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)

1. 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

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