Gambia

From the name of the Gambia River. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæm.bi.ə/

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Gambia or the Gambia

1. A river in West Africa.
3. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of The Gambia.

The country is referred to with the definite article the. The capitalization of the article when it occurs not at the beginning of a sentence varies.

• Subsahara

• Gambian

• → Japanese: ガンビア (Ganbia)

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}
• Gambia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

From English Gambia, from Mandinka Kambra/Kambaa ("Gambia River").

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

From English Gambia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑmbiɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝mbiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmbiɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Gam‧bia

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

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Gambia n (proper noun, genitive Gambias or (optionally with an article) Gambia)

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• Gambier
• gambisch
• Senegambia

• (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik ^{(Category: de:Countries in Africa)}

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒmbijɒ]
• Hyphenation: Gam‧bia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Gambia	—
accusative	Gambiát	—
dative	Gambiának	—
instrumental	Gambiával	—
causal-final	Gambiáért	—
translative	Gambiává	—
terminative	Gambiáig	—
essive-formal	Gambiaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Gambiában	—
superessive	Gambián	—
adessive	Gambiánál	—
illative	Gambiába	—
sublative	Gambiára	—
allative	Gambiához	—
elative	Gambiából	—
delative	Gambiáról	—
ablative	Gambiától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Gambiáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Gambiáéi	—

Possessive forms of Gambia
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Gambiám	—
2nd person sing.	Gambiád	—
3rd person sing.	Gambiája	—
1st person plural	Gambiánk	—
2nd person plural	Gambiátok	—
3rd person plural	Gambiájuk	—

• gambiai

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.bja/
• Rhymes: -ambja
• Hyphenation: Gàm‧bia

Gambia m

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• gambiano

• ambagi, bigama

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.bi.a/, [ˈɡämbiä]

Gambia f sg (genitive Gambiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Gambia (a country in West Africa)

First-declension noun, singular only.

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• gambier
• gambisk

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• gambiar
• gambisk

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.bja/

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• Rhymes: -ambja
• Syllabification: Gam‧bia

Gambia f (related adjective gambijski)

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• (countries of Africa) państwa Afryki; Algieria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Czad, Demokratyczna Republika Konga, Dżibuti, Egipt, Erytrea, Eswatini, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gwinea, Gwinea Bissau, Gwinea Równikowa, Kamerun, Kenia, Komory, Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Maroko, Mauretania, Mauritius, Mozambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Południowa Afryka, Republika Środkowoafrykańska, Republika Zielonego Przylądka, Rwanda, Sahara Zachodnia, Senegal, Seszele, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan Południowy, Tanzania, Togo, Tunezja, Uganda, Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej, Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: pl:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

• Gambia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡambi̯a]

Gambia f (genitive singular Gambie)

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• “Gambia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡambja/ [ˈɡãm.bja]

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• Rhymes: -ambja
• Syllabification: Gam‧bia

Gambia f

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• “Gambia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Gambia n (genitive Gambias)

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• gambier
• gambisk
• gambiska

• Gambia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Gambia f

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

• Gambiad (“Gambian”, noun)
• Gambiaidd (“Gambian”, adjective)

• (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Affrica, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda ^{(Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

Borrowed from English Gambia.

• IPA^(key): /ɡá.ŋ́.bí.à/

Gáḿbíà

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)
2. River Gambia (a river in West Africa)

• Gáńbíà (nonstandard)