Ghanaiann.adj.
/ɡɑːˈneɪən/, U.S. /ˈɡɑniən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Ghana, a West African state formerly known as the Gold Coast.
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Guinean1589
Kongo1600
Gambian1744
Guinea Negro1748
Congoese1765
Sierra Leonean1791
Congolese1800
Liberian1826
Guinea-man1830
Nigerian1860
Lagosian1897
Basenji1906
Ghanaian1949
assimilado1953
Mali1960
Malian1960
Katangese1962
Biafran1967
Zairean1972
Ivorian1973
Zairois1973
Zairese1974
Upper Voltan1975
Voltaic1976
1949 Accra Evening News in B. Timothy K. Nkrumah (1955) vii. 81 Kwame Nkrumah..Born a true Ghanaian for Ghana.
1957 Evening Standard 9 Apr. 4/6 After dinner the Ghanians, wearing national costume, will give a dancing display.
1957 Economist 31 Aug. 671/1 The two Muslims were Ghanaians.
1964 P. Strevens Papers in Lang. (1965) vi. 81 There are well-known accents of English..as a second language (such as Ghanaian's English accent or Urdu-speaker's English accent).
1966 Transition No. 26. 17/2 But by the tragedy of his domestic excesses after independence, Nkrumah fell short of becoming a great Ghanaian.
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Ghana or its people.
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Congoese1765
Liberian1823
Nigerian1876
Sierra Leonean1910
Voltaic1949
Ghanaian1957
Lagosian1967
1957 Times 17 Dec. 9/6 The C.P.P.'s greatest handicap has been failure to capture the sympathy of the Ghanaian middle classes.
1966 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 9/1 A ship, ordered by the Nkrumah régime and apparently not wanted by the present Ghanaian Government.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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