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Gambia

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Gam·bi·a or The Gam·bi·a  (gmb-)
A country of western Africa lying along the Gambia River and surrounded, except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, by Senegal. Once a part of the Mali Empire, it became a British crown colony in 1843 and a British protectorate in 1894. Gambia achieved independence in 1965. From 1982 to 1989 it formed with Senegal the Confederation of Senegambia. Banjul is the capital. Population: 1,500,000.
Gambi·an adj. & n.
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Gambia
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Noun1.GambiaGambia - a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa
Republic of The Gambia, The Gambia
Banjul, capital of Gambia - a port city and capital of Gambia
Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
Gambian - a native or inhabitant of Gambia
Translations

Gambia [ˈgæmbɪə] n → Gambia
Gambia [ˈgæmbɪə] n → Gambie f
Gambia [ˈgæmbɪə] n → Gambia nt
Gambia [ˈgæmbɪə] n → Gambia m


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Sent out in 1795 by the African Society of London, he got as far as Bambarra, saw the Niger, travelled five hundred miles with a slave-merchant, reconnoitred the Gambia River, and returned to England in 1797.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
My design in this was to make the river Gambia or Senegal, that is to say anywhere about the Cape de Verde, where I was in hopes to meet with some European ship; and if I did not, I knew not what course I had to take, but to seek for the islands, or perish there among the negroes.
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
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