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/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Gambia or the Gambia

  1. A river in West Africa.
  2. 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

See also

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

compounds

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

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

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Gambia m

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡam.bja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ambja
  • Syllabification: Gam‧bia

Proper noun

Gambia f

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • gambijski
nouns

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:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ambja
  • Syllabification: Gam‧bia

Proper noun

Gambia f

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Gambia

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Gambia n (genitive Gambias)

  1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

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

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