Accra

Definition: Accra

Accra

Noun

1. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.

Date "Accra" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Geography	Capital of Ghana. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Accra, population 1,661,400 (2001), is the capital of Ghana. It is Ghana's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. The chief manufactures are processed food, lumber and plywood, textiles, clothing, and chemicals.

The site of present-day Accra developed into a sizable town around British and Dutch forts built in the 17th century. In 1877, Accra replaced Cape Coast as the capital of the British Gold Coast colony. After the completion of a railroad to the mining and agricultural hinterland, Accra became the economic center of Ghana.

Accra is home to the national museum, the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, the University of Ghana, and Ghana's central library. Also of note is Christianborg Castle, built by the Danes in the 17th century. On Accra's outskirts are Achimota School, the country's leading secondary school. The Defense Commission of the Organization of African Unity has its headquarters in Accra.

Also see: Kotoka International Airport.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ACCRA	English	Abortion and Contraception Counselling and Research Association	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Accra

Synonym: capital of Ghana (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	African Theology En Route: Papers from the Pan African Conference of Third World Theologians, December 17-23, Accra, Ghana (reference) African urban kinsmen : the Ga of central Accra (reference) At Christmas and on Rainy Days: Transport, Travel and the Female Traders of Accra (reference) Food Production in Urban Areas: A Study of Urban Agriculture in Accra, Ghana (reference) Housing Supply in Ghana: A Study of Accra, Kumasi and Berekum (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Accra Cost Of Living Index (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Bush Taxi From Bamako to Accra (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Ghana	Police reinforcements, called in from Accra and Winneba, used tear gas and warning shots to control the crowd. (references)
	Ghana	However, most newspapers circulate only in regional capitals, and many of the smaller private newspapers are available only in Accra. (references)
	Ghana	In September 2000, military police acting under orders from the Deputy Minister of Defense detained the news editor of an Accra newspaper. (references)
Economic History	Ghana	There are more than a dozen advertising agencies in Accra. (references)
	Ghana	Wholesale establishments and many retail outlets are concentrated in Accra. (references)
	Ghana	The U.S. Department of Agriculture is represented in Accra by the Foreign Agricultural Service. (references)
Human Rights	Ghana	Armed security personnel reportedly searched his two houses in Greater Accra. (references)
	Ghana	The youths reportedly were attending a funeral for a victim of the May 9 Accra stadium incident. (references)
	Ghana	On August 16, a policeman shot and killed a 27-year-old Accra Polytechnic student at Dansoman, Greater Accra. (references)
Minorities	Ghana	In 2000 four persons were killed after a conflict over a chieftancy dispute in Weija (Greater Accra Region). (references)
	Ghana	On May 25, members of the Tijanniya and Al-Sunna Muslim sects clashed in Madina, Greater Accra, over the choice of an assistant Imam. (references)
	Ghana	In 2000 members of the Christo Asafo Christian Church clashed with members of the Boade Baaka traditional shrine at Taifa, Greater Accra Region. (references)
Trade	Ghana	A Free Trade Zone was established in May 1996. The free zone consists of a parcel of land near Tema Steelworks, Ltd. In the Greater Accra Region and two other sites located at Mpintsin and Ashiem, near Takoradi. (references)
Travel	Ghana	Commercial premises are limited in the Accra metropolis. (references)
	Ghana	Water: The water supply in the Accra metropolis is generally reliable. (references)
Women	Ghana	In late 1998, a series of "mysterious" murders of women began to occur in the Mateheko area of Accra. (references)
	Ghana	Located in Accra and Kumasi, the WAJU works closely with the Department of Social Welfare, FIDA, and the Legal Aid Board. (references)
	Ghana	There were more than 30 murders between 1993 and 2000, which were referred to as "serial murders." Police instituted evening roadblocks throughout Accra in an attempt to catch the murderers. (references)
Worker Rights	Ghana	Traffickers in person from other countries reportedly used Accra as a transit point to Europe and reportedly the Middle East. (references)
	Ghana	Another ILO study in 1992 and 1993 found that almost 90 percent of the surveyed street children in Accra did not attend school. (references)
	Ghana	On May 2, Accra textile traders were told that they could not hold a demonstration to protest a textile price hike because they lacked a police permit. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Accra" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Accra" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	44	51,500

1. Accra, Ghana
Location: 5.33 North, 0.15 West
Population (2000 estimate): 1181505
Country: Ghana

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Expression: Accra

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Accra": Accra-north.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Accra

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
accra ghana	362
accra	115
accra hotel	55
accra cost of living index	13
accra beach hotel	12
accra hearts oak	10
accra ghana morning school star	9
accra map	6
accra ghana map	5
accra picture	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Accra

Language		Translations for "Accra"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		阿克拉. (various references)

Danish		Accra. (various references)

Dutch		Accra. (various references)

Finnish		Accra. (various references)

French		Accra. (various references)

German		Accra. (various references)

Greek		'Ακκρα. (various references)

Italian		Accra. (various references)

Korean		아크라. (various references)

Pig Latin		accraay.(various references)

Portuguese		Acra. (various references)

Spanish		Accra. (various references)

Swedish		Accra. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Accra

Misspellings
	"Accra" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abcda, acca, Accaron, accr, Accura, Accval, Acerra, Achray, Ackham, Agca, Aicpa, Akcay, Aksar, Alcar, Ashkurak, Askja, Awcc, Fcca, Iccsa, Ukcccr, Vaccaro. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Accra

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-r"
	-1 letter: caca.
	-2 letters: arc, car.
	-3 letters: aa, ar.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-r"
	+1 letter: calcar, carack.
	+2 letters: accrual, archaic, baccara, calcars, caracal, caracks, caracol, caracul, carcase, carcass, cardiac, carioca, caroach, carrack, cascara, curacao, curacoa.
	+3 letters: accruals, accuracy, accurate, acicular, aircoach, anarchic, apractic, ascocarp, baccaras, baccarat, calcaria, calcspar, caracals, caracara, caracole, caracols, caraculs, carapace, carbamic, carcajou, carcanet, carcases, cardcase, cardiacs, cariocas, carracks, caryatic, cascaras, cataract, cercaria, characid, characin, charcoal, coatrack, curacaos, curacoas, farcical, saccular.
	+4 letters: acaricide, accessary, acclaimer, accordant, accruable, acritarch, acrobatic, antarctic, anticrack, archducal, ascocarps, ataractic, autarchic, autocracy, baccarats, backtrack, cadaveric, calcspars, campcraft, canicular, capacitor, caracaras, caracoled, caracoles, carapaces, carbachol, carcajous, carcanets, carcasses, carcinoma, cardcases, carjacker, caroaches, carpaccio, carryback, carvacrol, cataracts, cathartic, cercariae, cercarial, cercarias, charabanc, characids, characins, character, charcoals, circadian, clearance, coatracks, crackback, cracksman, crankcase, crustacea, cyclorama, macaronic, practical, racetrack, reactance, saccharin, sarcastic.
	+5 letters: acaricidal, acaricides, accelerant, accelerate, acclaimers, accordance, accuracies, accurately, accusatory, achromatic, acritarchs, acrobatics, acrostical, aircoaches, anachronic, anarchical, anticancer, archaistic, archdeacon, arctically, articulacy, ascocarpic, ataractics, autocratic, bacitracin, backpacker, backtracks, cacciatore, cacography, calcareous, calculator, campcrafts, cantatrice, cantatrici, capacitors, caracoling, caracolled, carbachols, carcinomas, caricature, carjackers, carjacking, carpaccios, carrybacks, carvacrols, cascarilla, cataphoric, cathartics, charabancs, characters, charactery, charcoaled, cladoceran, clavicular, clearances, coacervate, cochairman, covariance, crackajack, crackbacks, crackbrain, crankcases, crawlspace, crustacean, cycloramas, farcically, fascicular, inaccuracy, inaccurate, macaronics, macroscale, nonaccrual, noncardiac, pancreatic, parachutic, paratactic, practicals, racetracks, reactances, saccharase, saccharide, saccharify, saccharine, saccharins, sacroiliac, sacrosanct, scapegrace, scaramouch, slavocracy, spacecraft, vaccinator, vicariance.
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