Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gonja

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: gon-ja
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former kingdom in northern Ghana.

name

A North Guang language (which has several dialects) spoken by a few hundred thousand mostly ethnically-Gonja people in northern Ghana.

noun

The people of the former kingdom of Gonja.

noun

The plantain, especially when served fried.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“How much for the gonja?” I asked. “Three for a thousand shillings.” “Too much.” “Three gonja for seven hundred shillings,” a shorter boy in a brown shirt said. “I will take three.” I purchased gonja, water, and two muchomo."
"You are, however, more likely to find the roasted chicken and gonja on the left side, the presumption being that you missed these in the city. In that way, the prevalence of roast chicken and gonja on the left side on the outbound journey is also a cultural comment on the state of cooking in the middle class urban kitchen."

Etymology

Borrowed from Gonja Ngbanya.

Word Breakdown

Root: Ngbanya

Usage

Questions

What does gonja mean?: A former kingdom in northern Ghana.
Where does gonja come from?: Borrowed from Gonja Ngbanya.

How to pronounce gonja

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