<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>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; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957.</li><li>91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km).</li><li>Accra.</li><li>Kingdom of Ghana, a medieval western African empire extending from near the Atlantic coast almost to Timbuktu; flourished from about the 9th to 12th centuries.</li></ul>