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

Yeboah compared his 24-year-old brother’s death to the murder of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, a Ghanaian immigrant living in the Bronx who was gunned down on his way to school. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026

But many, like the Ghanaian man, were baited with false promises of high-paying jobs through complex human trafficking webs. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Bonsu is a British Ghanaian art historian who is currently senior curator of international art for Africa and its diaspora at Tate Modern. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

The night before, one of Ossoff’s colleagues, the Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, had been driving through the suburbs of Accra when two men on a motorbike pulled alongside his BMW and began shooting through the driver’s side window. — Ian Ward, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 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

Geographical Definition

Ghana

geographical name

Gha·​na ˈgä-nə 

ˈga-

1

or Gana ancient empire of western Africa in what is now western Mali; flourished in the 4th–13th centuries

2

country of western Africa bordering on the Gulf of Guinea; a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations; capital Accra area 92,098 square miles (238,533 square kilometers)

Note: Ghana was formerly a British territory called the Gold Coast, which comprised the Gold Coast Colony, Ashanti, the Northern Territories, and British Togoland trust territory. It gained its independence in 1957.

Ghanaian

gä-ˈnā-ən 

ga-, 

-ˈnī-ən

adjective or noun

Ghanian

ˈgä-nē-ən 

ˈga-, 

-nyən

adjective or noun