"Gana" meaning in Yoruba

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Proper name

IPA: /ɡá.nà/ Forms: Gánà [canonical]
Etymology: Borrowed from English Ghana. Etymology templates: {{bor+|yo|en|Ghana}} Borrowed from English Ghana Head templates: {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Gánà|head2=}} Gánà, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Gánà}} Gánà, {{yo-proper noun|Gánà}} Gánà
  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa) Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Africa, Ghana Synonyms: Gọ́nà
    Sense id: en-Gana-yo-name-cf1r9BKe Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "Ghana"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English Ghana",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Ghana.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Gánà",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Gánà",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Gánà",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Gánà"
      },
      "expansion": "Gánà",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Gánà"
      },
      "expansion": "Gánà",
      "name": "yo-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Countries",
          "orig": "yo:Countries",
          "parents": [
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Countries in Africa",
          "orig": "yo:Countries in Africa",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Places",
            "Africa",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Ghana",
          "orig": "yo:Ghana",
          "parents": [
            "Africa",
            "Earth",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ghana (a country in West Africa)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Gana-yo-name-cf1r9BKe",
      "links": [
        [
          "Ghana",
          "Ghana#English:_Q117"
        ],
        [
          "West Africa",
          "West Africa#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Gọ́nà"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡá.nà/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gana"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "Ghana"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English Ghana",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Ghana.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Gánà",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Gánà",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Gánà",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Gánà"
      },
      "expansion": "Gánà",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Gánà"
      },
      "expansion": "Gánà",
      "name": "yo-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba proper nouns",
        "Yoruba terms borrowed from English",
        "Yoruba terms derived from English",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "yo:Countries",
        "yo:Countries in Africa",
        "yo:Ghana"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ghana (a country in West Africa)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ghana",
          "Ghana#English:_Q117"
        ],
        [
          "West Africa",
          "West Africa#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡá.nà/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Gọ́nà"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gana"
}

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