ⲧⲥⲁⲣⲅⲁⲛⲓⲁ

Coptic

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Route of the Senegal, map from 1889

Etymology

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Possibly from Arabic سَنْغَانَا (sanḡānā).

Proper noun

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ⲧⲥⲁⲣⲅⲁⲛⲓⲁ (tsarganiaf

  1. (Bohairic) Ghana (a region of West Africa) on the shores of the Senegal river.

References

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  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 212