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), population 28,102,000

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