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# ghanaian

adjective (Ghanaian); noun (a Ghanaian, Ghanaians)

«ghanaian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. From or to do with Ghana, a country in West Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghanaian/#m1)
2. (noun) A person from Ghana. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghanaian/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and culture lessons Ghanaian topics include its capital Accra, cocoa farming, kente cloth, jollof rice, highlife music, and independence in 1957 (the first in sub-Saharan Africa to break free from colonial rule). Many Ghanaian families live in the UK, the USA and Canada. Phrases: Ghanaian food, Ghanaian culture, a Ghanaian-British family.

### Examples

- My friend Kwame's family is Ghanaian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghanaian/#x1)
- Ghanaian kente cloth has bright woven patterns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghanaian/#x2)
- We tasted Ghanaian jollof rice at the culture fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghanaian/#x3)
- Many Ghanaians speak English as well as Twi or Ewe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghanaian/#x4)
- Ghanaian farmers grow lots of the world's cocoa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghanaian/#x5)
- A Ghanaian storyteller told us about Anansi the spider. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghanaian/#x6)

### Note

Always with a capital G: Ghanaian. Spelling: Ghana + ian (Ghanaian, not «Ghanian»). Pronounced gah-NAY-un. Ghana's official language is English.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ghanaian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghanaian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ghanaian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ghanaian.html) on Mova free.