Gambia

See also: gambia, gambiâ, Gàmbia, and Gâmbia

English

Gambia on a globe.

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/

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Proper noun

Gambia or the Gambia

1. A river in West Africa.
3. 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

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Gambian

Translations

The Republic of The Gambia

• Afrikaans: Gambië
• Amharic: ጋምቢያ (gambiya)
• Arabic: غَامْبِيَا f (ḡāmbiyā)
• Armenian: Գամբիա (hy) (Gambia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܲܡܒܝܵܐ f (gambyā)
• Azerbaijani: Qambiya (az)
• Belarusian: Га́мбія f (Hámbija)
• Bengali: গাম্বিয়া (bn) (gambiẏa)
• Breton: Gambia
• Bulgarian: Га́мбия f (Gámbija)
• Burmese: ဂမ်ဘီယာ (gambhiya)
• Catalan: Gàmbia (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 岡比亞／冈比亚 (zh) (Gāngbǐyà)

• Crimean Tatar: Gambiya
• Czech: Gambie (cs) f
• Danish: Gambia (da)
• Dhivehi: ގެމްބިއާ (gem̊biā)
• Dutch: Gambia (nl)
• Esperanto: Gambio (eo)
• Estonian: Gambia (et)
• Farefare: Gambia
• Faroese: Gambia n
• Finnish: Gambia (fi)
• French: Gambie (fr)
• Georgian: გამბია (ka) (gambia)
• German: Gambia (de)
• Greek: Γκάμπια (el) f (Gkámpia)
• Hausa: Gambiya
• Hebrew: גמביה
• Hindi: गाम्बिया (hi) (gāmbiyā)
• Hungarian: Gambia (hu)
• Icelandic: Gambía (is)
• Indonesian: Gambia (id)
• Interlingua: Gambia
• Irish: An Ghaimbia f
• Italian: Gambia (it) m
• Japanese: ガンビア (ja) (Ganbia)
• Kalenjin: Gambia
• Kamba: Gambia
• Kazakh: Гамбия (kk) (Gambiä)
• Khmer: ហ្គំប៊ី (km) (gumbii)
• Kikuyu: Gambia
• Korean: 감비아 (ko) (Gambia)
• Kyrgyz: Гамбия (Gambiya)
• Latvian: Gambija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Gambija (lt) f
• Luhya: Gambia
• Luo: Gambia
• Macedonian: Гамбија (mk) f (Gambija)
• Malayalam: ഗാംബിയ (gāmbiya)
• Maltese: il-Gambja
• Mandinka: Kambiya
• Maori: Te Kamopia
• Meru: Gambia
• Mongolian: Гамби (Gambi)
• Navajo: Géémbiya
• Norman: Gambie f
• Norwegian: Gambia (no)
• Occitan: Gàmbia
• Odia: ଗାମ୍ବିଆ (gāmbiā)
• Persian: گامبیا (gâmbiyâ)
• Polish: Gambia (pl)
• Portuguese: Gâmbia (pt)
• Romanian: Gambia (ro) f
• Russian: Га́мбия (ru) f (Gámbija)
• Samogitian: Gambėjė
• Scots: Gambie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гамбија f

  Roman: Gambija (sh) f

• Silesian: Gambijo
• Slovak: Gambia f
• Slovene: Gámbija (sl) f
• Spanish: Gambia (es) f
• Swahili: Gambia (sw)
• Swedish: Gambia (sv)
• Tajik: Гамбия (Gambiya)
• Tamil: காம்பியா (ta) (kāmpiyā)
• Telugu: గాంబియా (te) (gāmbiyā)
• Thai: แกมเบีย (th) (gɛɛm-biia)
• Turkish: Gambiya (tr)
• Turkmen: Gambiýa
• Ukrainian: Га́мбія (uk) f (Hámbija)
• Vietnamese: Găm-bi-a
• Wolof: Gàmbi (wo)
• Yoruba: Gambia

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

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Danish

Proper noun

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Faroese

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Gambia.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Declension

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 — —

Derived terms

• gambialainen

 

compounds

• gambianaurinko-orava
• gambianepolettihekko
• gambianmangusti
• gambianolkalepakko

 

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• Gambier
• gambisch
• Senegambia

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

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

• gambiai

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Gambia m

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• gambiano

Anagrams

• ambagi, bigama

Latin

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.bi.a/, [ˈɡämbiä]

Proper noun

Gambia f sg (genitive Gambiae); first declension

1. (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 Bokmål

Proper noun

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• gambier
• gambisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• gambiar
• gambisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.bja/

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• Rhymes: -ambja
• Syllabification: Gam‧bia

Proper noun

Gambia f

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Gambia

	singular	plural
nominative	Gambia	Gambie
genitive	Gambii	Gambii
dative	Gambii	Gambiom
accusative	Gambię	Gambie
instrumental	Gambią	Gambiami
locative	Gambii	Gambiach
vocative	Gambio	Gambie

Derived terms

adjective

• gambijski

 

nouns

• Gambijczyk
• Gambijka

 

Further reading

• Gambia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡambi̯a]

Proper noun

Gambia f (genitive singular Gambie)

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

References

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡambja/ [ˈɡãm.bja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ambja
• Syllabification: Gam‧bia

Proper noun

Gambia f

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Further reading

• “Gambia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Gambia

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gambia n (genitive Gambias)

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• gambier
• gambisk

Yoruba

Gáḿbíà

Etymology

Borrowed from English Gambia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡá.ŋ́.bí.à/

Proper noun

Gáḿbíà

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

Alternative forms

• Gáńbíà (nonstandard)