加納 / 加纳
JiānàMainland China
In Chinese, the name for Ghana is 加納 / 加纳 (Jiānà). Wiktionary also lists 迦納 / 迦纳 (Jiānà).
Meaning: The Republic of Ghana (name)
Ways to say it
| Chinese | Romanization (Wiktionary) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 加納 / 加纳 | Jiānà | Mainland China |
| 迦納 / 迦纳 | Jiānà | Taiwan |
The term is used to refer to the country of Ghana. To identify the country specifically as the Republic of Ghana, you can use 加纳共和国.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Taiwanese Mandarin, the term for the Republic of Ghana is 加納共和國.
How do you pronounce it?
Jiānà
Did you know?
- The Chinese characters for 加納 were not borrowed directly from English but were an orthographic borrowing from the Japanese name 加納, pronounced 'Kanō'.
- The character 加 in 加納 means 'to add' or 'increase', and 納 means 'to receive' or 'accept', giving the country name an accidental meaning of 'adding and receiving'.
- There is an alternative orthography 迦納 that is sometimes seen, which utilizes the character 迦, typically reserved for Buddhist terminology and translations of 'Gautama'.
Examples in context
- 加纳是一个位于西非的国家Ghana is a country located in West Africa.
- 加纳共和国的首都是阿克拉The capital of the Republic of Ghana is Accra.
- 我认识一个加纳人，他非常友好I know a Ghanaian, he is very friendly.
- 我的加纳朋友会带我品尝美食My Ghanaian friend will take me to taste delicious food.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “ghana” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries 加納, CC BY-SA 4.0.
