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Ghanaian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/
  • /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Ghana Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ghanaian From Ghana + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (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:

Deriveds

Ghanaianness · Ghanaianism

Translations (27)

fi ghanalainen (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · ro ghanez (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · pt ganês (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · nb ghanesisk (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · el γκανέζικη (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · mk гански (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · gl ghanés (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · ca ghanès (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · nn ghanesisk (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · cs ghanský (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · es ghanés (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · ru га́нский (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · el γκανέζικος (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · el γκανέζικο (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · it ghanese (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · sv ghanansk (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · da ghanesisk (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · is ganverskur (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · nl Ghanees (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · de ghanaisch (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · uk га́нський (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · fr ghanéen (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · sw Kighana (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · af Ghanees (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · pl ghański (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · ast ghanianu (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) · hu ghánai (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people)

Ghanaian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/
  • /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Ghana Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ghanaian From Ghana + -ian.

Meanings

  1. 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Ghanaians Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

sub-Saharan · African

Translations (45)

eo ganaanino (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ast ghaniana (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · de Ghanaerin (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · nn ghanesar (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · cs Ghaňan (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · uk га́нка (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ko 가나인 (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · sw Mghana (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · de Ghanaer (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · mk Ганец (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · pl Ghańczyk (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · it ghanese (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · hu ghánai (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · mk Ганка (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · eo ganaano (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · it ghanesi (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ast ghanianu (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · fr Ghanéen (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ru га́нец (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · hy գանացի (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · es ghanés (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · uk га́нець (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ko 가나 사람 (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · pl Ghanka (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · fr Ghanéenne (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · nl Ghanees (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ro ghanez (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ca ghanès (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · pt ganês (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · is Ganverjar (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · is Ganverji (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · sv ghananska (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ja ガーナ人 (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ro ghaneză (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · el Γκανέζα (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · ak Ghanani (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · sv ghanan (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · da ghaneser (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · gl ghanés (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · fi ghanalainen (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · nb ghaneser (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · nl Ghanese (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · af Ghanees (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · tr Ganalı (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) · el Γκανέζος (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent)