Meaning of Gonja | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A former kingdom in northern Ghana.
2. The people of the former kingdom of Gonja.
   plural, plural-only
3. The plantain, especially when served fried.
   Uganda, countable, uncountable
4. A North Guang language (which has several dialects) spoken by a few hundred thousand mostly ethnically-Gonja people in northern Ghana.

Examples

““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.”

CEFR level