Ghanaian

adjective

Gha·​na·​ian gä-ˈnā-ən 

ga-, 

-ˈnī-ən

variants or less commonly Ghanian

ˈgä-nē-ən 

ˈga-, 

-nyən

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Ghana or its people

Ghanaian noun

or less commonly Ghanian

plural Ghanaians also Ghanian

Examples of Ghanaian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During the conversation, Saint John revealed her wedding must-haves and what will surprise Americans at her Ghanaian ceremony. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026

Partey arrived in the United States with the Ghanaian team earlier this month and is expected to play in games in Boston on June 23 and in Philadelphia on June 27. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

In Wake-Keeper (2026), a roughly four-by-five-foot canvas, a pious man draped in the red cloth of traditional Ghanaian funeral attire sits on a stool with his hands clasped, his body facing the left side of the frame. — Lovia Gyarkye, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026

The tennis star Jasmine Paolini, a 2024 Olympic gold medallist and Wimbledon finalist, descended from a Ghanaian grandfather. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 30 May 2026

Loren Landau, a migration expert and political analyst at the University of the Witwatersrand, said the move by the Ghanaian government was a message to South Africa about their unhappiness over recent events. — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026

Nana-Kofi Kufuor Nana-Kofi is a British Ghanaian playwright and TV writer from Stockport. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Ghanaian

• hawaiian
• ixion
• mauryan
• orion
• procyon
• visayan
• amphitryon
• dandelion
• herodian
• heian
• ion
• lion