Ga — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A Niger-Congo language spoken in Ghana and Togo.

1. Chemical element symbol for gallium.

Noun

1. A member of a particular ethnic group in Ghana and Togo.

   Examples

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   Among the Ga, the people who are indigenous to Ghana's capital, Accra, a woman is entitled to a live sheep on the delivery of her 10th child. The word for it is "nyongmato". […] Lots of very important people among the Gas can testify to this. Unfortunately, I have not met any woman who has actually got a live sheep for having given birth to 10 children.

Noun

1. a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores

   Synonyms

   galliumatomic number 31

   Broader terms

   metallic elementmetal