Ghana
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Ghana
English
Etymology
Named after the Ghana Empire by J. B. Danquah, from Soninke gajanŋa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Ghana.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
The Republic of Ghana
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See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Ghana
- Ghana (a country in West Africa; capital: Accra)
Derived terms
Basque
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana inan
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Declension
Declension of Ghana (inanimate, ending in -a)
| indefinite | |
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| 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
- ghanatar (“Ghanaian”)
Further reading
- “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana ?
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Derived terms
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Ghana
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Ghana
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana f (related adjective ghanský, demonym Ghaňan)
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Declension
Further reading
- Ghana in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Ghana in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- Ghana in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Proper noun
Ghana
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana n
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Derived terms
Further reading
Ghana on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Declension
| Inflection of Ghana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | — | ||
| abessive | Ghanatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana m
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Related terms
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana n (proper noun, genitive Ghanas or (optionally with an article) Ghana)
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana m
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Ghana
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Ghana
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Ghana, from Soninke gajanŋa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana f
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Declension
Declension of Ghana
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- Ghana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana f (genitive singular Ghany, declension pattern of žena)
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
References
- “Ghana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghana f
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Derived terms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun
Ghana
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Ghana n (genitive Ghanas)
- Ghana (a country in West Africa)