Ghanaian

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English

Etymology

Ghana +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

Adjective

Ghanaian (not comparable)

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

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Noun

Ghanaian (plural Ghanaians)

  1. A person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent.
    • 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 264:
      The locals did this, waiting for tourists to disembark so that they could con them into paying for things Ghanaians knew were free.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ghanaian”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.