Gambia
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From the name of the Gambia River. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡæm.bi.ə/
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia or the Gambia
A river in West Africa.
A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of The Gambia.
Synonym: 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 ====
Subsahara
==== Derived terms ====
Gambian
==== Descendants ====
→ Japanese: ガンビア (Ganbia)
==== Translations ====
=== See also ===
Countries of the world
Gambia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
== Central Huasteca Nahuatl ==
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
== Central Nahuatl ==
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
== Danish ==
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
== Faroese ==
=== Etymology ===
From English Gambia, from Mandinka Kambra/Kambaa ("Gambia River").
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From English Gambia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡɑmbiɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝mbiɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑmbiɑ
Syllabification(key): Gam‧bi‧a
Hyphenation(key): Gam‧bia
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== 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
=== See also ===
== Hungarian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɡɒmbijɒ]
Hyphenation: Gam‧bia
Rhymes: -jɒ
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa; official name: Gambiai Köztársaság)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
gambiai
=== See also ===
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From the name of the Gambia River.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡamˈbia/ [ɡamˈbi.a]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: Gam‧bi‧a
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
=== Noun ===
Gambia (plural Gambia-Gambia or para Gambia)
Gambian
=== Adjective ===
Gambia (comparative lebih Gambia, superlative paling Gambia)
Gambian
=== See also ===
=== Further reading ===
“Gambia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡam.bja/
Rhymes: -ambja
Hyphenation: Gàm‧bia
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia m
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
==== Derived terms ====
gambiano
=== Anagrams ===
ambagi, bigama
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡam.bi.a]
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia f sg (genitive Gambiae); first declension
(New Latin) Gambia (a country in West Africa)
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun, singular only.
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
==== Related terms ====
gambier
gambisk
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
==== Related terms ====
gambiar
gambisk
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡam.bja/
Rhymes: -ambja
Syllabification: Gam‧bia
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia f (related adjective gambijski)
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== See also ===
=== Further reading ===
Gambia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡambia/, [ˈɡambia]
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: Gam‧bi‧a
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia f (relational adjective gambijský, demonym Gambijčan, female demonym Gambijčanka)
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“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, 2003–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡambja/ [ˈɡãm.bja]
Rhymes: -ambja
Syllabification: Gam‧bia
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia f
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
=== Further reading ===
“Gambia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swahili ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
=== See also ===
== Swedish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡambɪa/
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia n (genitive Gambias)
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
==== Derived terms ====
gambier
gambisk
gambiska
==== See also ====
=== References ===
“Gambia”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Svensk MeSH
== Welsh ==
=== Proper noun ===
Gambia f
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
==== Related terms ====
Gambiad (“Gambian”, noun)
Gambiaidd (“Gambian”, adjective)
=== See also ===
=== Further reading ===
Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Gambia”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
== Yoruba ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English Gambia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡá.ŋ́.bí.à/
=== Proper noun ===
Gáḿbíà
Gambia (a country in West Africa)
River Gambia (a river in West Africa)
==== Alternative forms ====
Gáńbíà (nonstandard)