Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ghana

 geographical name  1. (or Gana) ancient empire W Africa in what is now W Mali; flourished 4th-13th centuries  2. country W Africa bordering on Gulf of Guinea; a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly (as Gold Coast) a British territory comprising Gold Coast Colony, Ashanti, Northern Territories, & British Togoland trust territorial capital Accra area 92,100 square miles (238,539 square kilometers), population 15,636,000  • ~ian adjective or noun  • Ghanian adjective or noun  • Ghanese adjective