[ak-ruh, uh-krah] 
| the wood of a sapele. |
[ak-ruh, uh-krah] | a seaport in and the capital of Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea. 700,000. |
[gah-nuh, gan-uh] | 1. | a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 18,100,703; 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Capital: Accra. |
| 2. | Kingdom of, a medieval W African empire extending from near the Atlantic coast almost to Timbuktu; flourished from about the 9th to 12th centuries. |
[gah-nee-uh
n, gan-ee-] , noun, adjective | Ac·cra (āk'rə, ə-krä') The capital and largest city of Ghana, in the southeast part of the country on the Gulf of Guinea. Originally the capital of an ancient Ga kingdom, it became an important economic center after the completion in 1923 of a railroad to the mining and agricultural hinterland. Population: 1,660,000. |