ghana

Definition of Ghana in English :

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Noun

1. ghana, gold coast, republic of ghana

a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea

Example Sentences:
'Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ghana

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noun

a republic in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: a powerful empire from the 4th to the 13th centuries; a major source of gold and slaves for Europeans after 1471; British colony of the Gold Coast established in 1874; united with British Togoland in 1957 and became a republic and a member of the Commonwealth in 1960. Official language: English. Religions: Christian majority; Muslim and animist minorities. Currency: cedi. Capital: Accra. Pop: 28 833 629 (2017 est). Area: 238 539 sq km (92 100 sq miles)

Ghana

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country in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: formed (1957) by a merger of the Gold Coast & part of Togoland: member of the Commonwealth: 92,099 sq mi (238,535 sq km); pop. 12,296,000; cap. Accra

Ghana

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1. A medieval African kingdom in what is now eastern Senegal, southwest Mali, and southern Mauritania. It was founded probably in the 8th century AD and prospered because of its location astride the trans-Saharan caravan routes. The kingdom declined after the 11th century.

2. A country of western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. It was inhabited in precolonial times by a number of ancient kingdoms, including an inland Ashanti kingdom and various Fante states along the coast. Trade with European states flourished after contact with the Portuguese in the 1400s, and the British established a crown colony, Gold Coast, in 1874. Ghana became independent in 1957. Accra is the capital and the largest city.

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