Gambia

gambia gambiâ Gàmbia Gâmbia English The + thumb|right|Gambia on a globe. Etymology From the name of the Gambia River. en Pronunciation en /ˈɡæm.bi.ə/ en En-us-Gambia.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-The Gambia.wav UK Proper noun ~ en Q160819en river r/West Africa. en Q1005en country r/West Africa Republic of The Gambia. en 3 September 2026 James Gregory More than 80 migrants feared dead after boat rescued off Canary Islands https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33kzv7kly4o BBC News The boat is believed to have departed The Gambia in West Africa in early August with 127 occupants on board. 3 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261002234449/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33kzv7kly4o 2 October 2026 Usage notes The country is referred to with the definite article en the. The capitalization of the article when it occurs not at the beginning of a sentence varies. Hypernyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Gambia fever en Gambian Descendants ja 1 ガンビア Ganbia Translations Q1005 The Republic of The Gambia Afrikaans: af Gambië Amharic: am ጋምቢያ Arabic: ar غَامْبِيَا f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܓܲܡܒܝܵܐ f Armenian: hy Գամբիա Asturian: ast Gambia Azerbaijani: az Qambiya Balinese: ban Gambia Belarusian: be Га́мбія f Bengali: bn গাম্বিয়া Betawi: bew Gambia Breton: br Gambia Bulgarian: bg Га́мбия f Burmese: my ဂမ်ဘီယာ Catalan: ca Gàmbia Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 岡比亞 Gāngbǐyà Crimean Tatar: crh Gambiya Czech: cs Gambie f Danish: da Gambia Dhivehi: dv ގެމްބިއާ Dutch: nl Gambia Esperanto: eo Gambio Estonian: et Gambia Farefare: gur Gambia Faroese: fo Gambia n Finnish: fi Gambia French: fr Gambie Georgian: ka გამბია German: de Gambia Greek: el Γκάμπια f Hausa: ha Gambiya Hebrew: he גמביה Hindi: hi गाम्बिया Hungarian: hu Gambia Icelandic: is Gambía Indonesian: id Gambia Interlingua: ia Gambia Irish: ga Gaimbia f An Ghaimbia Italian: it Gambia m Japanese: ja ガンビア Ganbia Javanese: jv Gambia Kalenjin: kln Gambia Kamba: kam Gambia Kazakh: kk Гамбия Khmer: km ហ្គំប៊ី Kikuyu: ki Gambia Korean: ko ^감비아 Kyrgyz: ky Гамбия Latvian: lv Gambija f Lithuanian: lt Gambija f Luhya: luy Gambia Luo: luo Gambia Macedonian: mk Гамбија f Malayalam: ml ഗാംബിയ Maltese: il-mt Gambja f Mandingo: Mandinka: mnk Kambiya Māori: mi Te Kamopia Meru: mer Gambia Mongolian: mn Гамби Navajo: nv Géémbiya Norman: nrf Gambie f Norwegian: no Gambia Occitan: oc Gàmbia Odia: or ଗାମ୍ବିଆ Persian: fa گامبیا gâmbiyâ Polish: pl Gambia Portuguese: pt Gâmbia Romanian: ro Gambia f Russian: ru Га́мбия f Samogitian: sgs Gambėjė Scots: sco Gambie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Гамбија f Latin: sh Gambija f Silesian: szl Gambijo Slovak: sk Gambia f Slovene: sl Gámbija f Spanish: es Gambia f Sundanese: su Gambia Swahili: sw Gambia Swedish: sv Gambia Tajik: tg Гамбия Tamil: ta காம்பியா Telugu: te గాంబియా Thai: th แกมเบีย Turkish: tr Gambiya Turkmen: tk Gambiýa Ukrainian: uk Га́мбія f Vietnamese: vi Găm-bi-a Wolaytta: wal Gambbiya Wolof: wo Gàmbi Yoruba: yo Gáḿbíà See also Countries of the world en terms suffixed with -ia (place) Central Huasteca Nahuatl Proper noun nch proper noun nch Gambia Q1005 Central Nahuatl Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Gambia Q1005 Danish Proper noun da proper noun da Gambia Q1005 Faroese Etymology From fo en Gambia, from fo mnk - Kambra/Kambaa ("Gambia River"). Proper noun fo proper noun fo Gambia Q1005 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi en Gambia. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Gambia Q1005 Declension sg Gambi a Derived terms fi gambialainen fi compounds gambianaurinko-orava gambianepolettihekko gambianmangusti gambianolkalepakko German de: Pronunciation de De-Gambia.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Gambia Q1005 Derived terms de Gambier de gambisch de Senegambia See also Hungarian hu: Pronunciation hu Gam bia hu jɒ 3 Proper noun hu proper noun hu Gambia Q1005 hu:Gambiai Köztársaság Declension Gambiá o sgGambiá sg Derived terms hu gambiai See also Indonesian id: Etymology From the name of the Gambia River. Pronunciation Proper noun id Gambia Q1005 Noun a Gambian Adjective Gambian See also Further reading Italian it: Pronunciation Gàmbia Proper noun m it Gambia Q1005 Derived terms it gambiano Anagrams it aabgim ambagi bigama Latin Pronunciation no Proper noun Gambia<1> la New Latin la Gambia Q1005 Declension Gambia<1> Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Gambia. thumb|Gambia in Africa. thumb|The Gambia River near Janjanbureh Island. thumb|The Wassu stone circles in Gambia, part of the Stone Circles of Senegambia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Etymology nb, from the European name tradition associated with the Gambia River and the territory surrounding it; compare English en Gambia, the name used during British rule. The modern country takes its name from the river. The river name is recorded in early European sources in several forms. The Venetian explorer Alvise Cadamosto, sailing in Portuguese service in 1455–1456, referred to the river as Gambra or Cambra; later forms included Gamba and Gambia. Portuguese navigators and traders were the first Europeans known to establish this naming tradition. nb Ultimate origin uncertain. Several explanations have been proposed: Store norske leksikon derives nb pt Gambra or pt Gambru from nb mnk Ba-Dimma, described as a local name for the Gambia River. Other sources derive the name from nb mnk Kambra or mnk Kambaa, referring to the Gambia River. A local tradition recorded in the Historical Dictionary of The Gambia derives the name from nb mnk Kambi-yaa Kambi's country, supposedly the answer given by a man named Kambi when early Portuguese visitors asked the name of the country. The specialist historical dictionary describes the origin and meaning of the name as unclear, so none of these explanations should be regarded as securely established. Parallel international adaptations include da Gambia, sv Gambia, de Gambia, nl Gambia, fr Gambie and en Gambia. Pronunciation nb /¹ˈɡam.bi.a/ [ˈɡàm.bɪ.a] nb ambia 3 nb Gam bi a Proper noun nb proper noun Gambia River; a major river in West Africa, rising in the Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea and flowing through Senegal and Gambia into the Atlantic Ocean. nb Gambia renner gjennom Guinea, Senegal og Gambia før den munner ut i Atlanterhavet. The Gambia River flows through Guinea, Senegal and Gambia before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. nb 24 February 2025 Svein Askheim Gambia – elv Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Gambia_-_elv Gambia, elv i Vest-Afrika. Gambia, a river in West Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20260809042521/https://snl.no/Gambia_-_elv 9 August 2026 nb historical Gambia; a former British colonial territory in West Africa, centred on the lower Gambia River and corresponding substantially to the present-day country. nb Gambia var under britisk styre fram til selvstendigheten i 1965. Gambia was under British rule until independence in 1965. nb 26 October 2025 Dag Leraand and Fredrik Lyngås Pedersen Gambias historie Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Gambias_historie Gambia var en britisk koloni fra 1888 til 1965. Gambia was a British colony from 1888 to 1965. https://web.archive.org/web/20260826050101/https://snl.no/Gambias_historie 26 August 2026 Gambia; nb country r/West Africa cont/Africa Gambia, consisting of a narrow strip of land along both banks of the Gambia River and surrounded by Senegal except for its Atlantic coastline, with Banjul as its capital. nb Gambia er det minste landet på det afrikanske fastlandet. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa. nb 25 June 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen Gambia Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Gambia Gambia er en republikk i Vest-Afrika som består av en langstrakt landstripe på begge sider av elva med samme navn. Gambia is a republic in West Africa consisting of an elongated strip of land on both sides of the river of the same name. https://web.archive.org/web/20261004041601/https://snl.no/Gambia 4 October 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Gambia (“the Republic of The Gambia”). In English, the country's official short name is The Gambia, with a definite article. Standard Norwegian uses simply Gambia, without translating or adding the article. Derived terms nb Gambiaelva Gambia River nb gambier Gambian nb gambisk Gambian See also nb Senegambia Senegambia References “Gambia” in Store norske leksikon. “Gambia – elv” in Store norske leksikon. “Gambias historie” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. Arnold Hughes and David Perfect (2008), Historical Dictionary of The Gambia, 4th edition, Scarecrow Press, s.v. “Gambia”. nb Rivers in Africa nb former dependent territories nb exonyms Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Gambia Q1005 Related terms nn gambiar nn gambisk Polish pl: Pronunciation Pl-Gambia.ogg Proper noun f gambijski pl Gambia Q1005 Declension s Derived terms pl nouns Gambijczyk Gambijka See also Further reading Slovak Pronunciation loan 1 1 Proper noun f gambijský Gambijčan Gambijčanka sk Gambia Q1005 Declension f sg Further reading Spanish Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Gambia.wav<a:Spain>> Proper noun f es Gambia Q1005 Further reading Swahili sw: Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Gambia.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Gambia Q1005 See also Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv /ˈɡambɪa/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Gambia.wav Proper noun n sv Gambia Q1005 Derived terms sv gambier sv gambisk sv gambiska See also References saol Svensk MeSH Welsh cy: Proper noun f cy Gambia Q1005 Related terms cy Gambiad Gambian n cy Gambiaidd Gambian a See also Further reading Gambia Yoruba yo:Gáḿbíà thumb|Gáḿbíà Etymology yo en Gambia. Pronunciation Gáḿbíà 1 Proper noun Gáḿbíà yo Gambia Q1005 yo river r/West Africa River Gambia Alternative forms yo Gáńbíà nonstandard