See also: gambia, gambiâ, Gàmbia, and Gâmbia

English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 
Gambia on a globe.

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡæm.bi.ə/
  • (file)

Proper noun edit

Gambia or the Gambia

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

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

See also edit

Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Proper noun edit

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Central Nahuatl edit

Proper noun edit

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Danish edit

Proper noun edit

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

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

Proper noun edit

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Finnish edit

 
Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology edit

From English Gambia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑmbiɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝mbiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmbiɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Gam‧bi‧a

Proper noun edit

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Declension edit

Inflection of Gambia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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
abessive Gambiatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Gambia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Gambiani
accusative nom. Gambiani
gen. Gambiani
genitive Gambiani
partitive Gambiaani
inessive Gambiassani
elative Gambiastani
illative Gambiaani
adessive Gambiallani
ablative Gambialtani
allative Gambialleni
essive Gambianani
translative Gambiakseni
abessive Gambiattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Gambiasi
accusative nom. Gambiasi
gen. Gambiasi
genitive Gambiasi
partitive Gambiaasi
inessive Gambiassasi
elative Gambiastasi
illative Gambiaasi
adessive Gambiallasi
ablative Gambialtasi
allative Gambiallesi
essive Gambianasi
translative Gambiaksesi
abessive Gambiattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Gambiamme
accusative nom. Gambiamme
gen. Gambiamme
genitive Gambiamme
partitive Gambiaamme
inessive Gambiassamme
elative Gambiastamme
illative Gambiaamme
adessive Gambiallamme
ablative Gambialtamme
allative Gambiallemme
essive Gambianamme
translative Gambiaksemme
abessive Gambiattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Gambianne
accusative nom. Gambianne
gen. Gambianne
genitive Gambianne
partitive Gambiaanne
inessive Gambiassanne
elative Gambiastanne
illative Gambiaanne
adessive Gambiallanne
ablative Gambialtanne
allative Gambiallenne
essive Gambiananne
translative Gambiaksenne
abessive Gambiattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Gambiansa
accusative nom. Gambiansa
gen. Gambiansa
genitive Gambiansa
partitive Gambiaansa
inessive Gambiassaan
Gambiassansa
elative Gambiastaan
Gambiastansa
illative Gambiaansa
adessive Gambiallaan
Gambiallansa
ablative Gambialtaan
Gambialtansa
allative Gambialleen
Gambiallensa
essive Gambianaan
Gambianansa
translative Gambiakseen
Gambiaksensa
abessive Gambiattaan
Gambiattansa
instructive
comitative

German edit

 
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

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

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms edit

Hungarian edit

 
Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Declension edit

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 edit

Italian edit

 
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Gambia m

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Gambia f sg (genitive Gambiae); first declension

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

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Gambia
Genitive Gambiae
Dative Gambiae
Accusative Gambiam
Ablative Gambiā
Vocative Gambia

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun edit

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Related terms edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun edit

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Related terms edit

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Gambia f

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

adjective
nouns

Further reading edit

  • Gambia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Gambia f (genitive singular Gambie)

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

References edit

  • 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, 2024

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡambja/ [ˈɡãm.bja]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ambja
  • Syllabification: Gam‧bia

Proper noun edit

Gambia f

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Further reading edit

Swahili edit

 
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

See also edit

Swedish edit

 
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Gambia n (genitive Gambias)

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms edit

Yoruba edit

 
Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia yo
 
Gáḿbíà

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English Gambia.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Gáḿbíà

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

Alternative forms edit