Ga

proper noun

1. 1

   A Niger-Congo language spoken in Ghana and Togo.

symbol

1. 1

   Chemical symbol for gallium.

2. 2

   Variant of giga-annum(s)Symbol for giga-annum(s): gigayears.

3. 3

   Variant of gigayears agoSymbol for gigayears ago (giga-annums ago), a unit of time equal to 10⁹ years in the past.

noun

1. 1

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

   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.

Forms

plural

Gas