Gambia
English
Etymology
Probably from Wolof kamba, (ditch) i.e. "Gambia River".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡæm.bi.ə/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Gambia
- A river in West Africa.
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of The Gambia.
Usage notes
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.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
The Republic of The Gambia
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See also
- 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
Danish
Faroese
Etymology
From English Gambia, from Mandinka Kambra/Kambaa ("Gambia River").
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑmbiɑ/, [ˈɡɑmbiɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑmbiɑ
- Syllabification(key): Gam‧bi‧a
Declension
| Inflection of Gambia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Gambia | — | ||
| genitive | Gambian | — | ||
| partitive | Gambiaa | — | ||
| illative | Gambiaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Gambia | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Gambia | — | |
| gen. | Gambian | |||
| genitive | Gambian | — | ||
| partitive | Gambiaa | — | ||
| inessive | Gambiassa | — | ||
| elative | Gambiasta | — | ||
| illative | Gambiaan | — | ||
| adessive | Gambialla | — | ||
| ablative | Gambialta | — | ||
| allative | Gambialle | — | ||
| essive | Gambiana | — | ||
| translative | Gambiaksi | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | Gambiatta | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Gambia n (proper noun, genitive Gambias or (optionally with an article) Gambia)
- Gambia (a country in West Africa)
Derived terms
- Gambier
- gambisch
- Senegambia
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɒmbijɒ]
- Hyphenation: Gam‧bia
- Rhymes: -jɒ
Declension
| 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 | — |
Related terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡam.bja/
- Rhymes: -ambja
- Hyphenation: Gàm‧bia
Derived terms
Latin
Proper noun
Gambia f sg (genitive Gambiae); first declension
- (New Latin) Gambia (a country in West Africa)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Gambia |
| Genitive | Gambiae |
| Dative | Gambiae |
| Accusative | Gambiam |
| Ablative | Gambiā |
| Vocative | Gambia |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡam.bja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ambja
- Syllabification: Gam‧bia
Declension
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡambi̯a]
References
- Gambia in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡambja/ [ˈɡãm.bja]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ambja
- Syllabification: Gam‧bia
Further reading
- “Gambia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
See also
- (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]
Swedish
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