Ghanaian
/ˈɡɑ.ni.ən//ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/
Ghanaian adjective: of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people.
Adjective
Ghanaian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people.
- She had a little southern accent that tinted her Ghanaian one.2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 6
Noun
Ghanaian (plural Ghanaians)
- A person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent.
- The locals did this, waiting for tourists to disembark so that they could con them into paying for things Ghanaians knew were free.2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 264
Ghanaian meaning in Bengali
Ghanaian in Bengali
- ঘানায়ীয়
Forms of Ghanaian
| plural | Ghanaians |
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Origin of Ghanaian
From Ghana + -ian.
Words formed from Ghanaian
Words that rhyme with Ghanaian
Questions about Ghanaian
- What does Ghanaian mean?
- Ghanaian means of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people.
- What is Ghanaian in Bengali?
- Ghanaian in Bengali is ঘানায়ীয়. See Ghanaian meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is Ghanaian?
- Ghanaian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Ghanaian?
- Ghanaian is pronounced /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Ghanaian (page history and authors); Ghanaian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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