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Gambia

/ˈɡæm.bi.ə/

Gambia proper noun: a river in West Africa.

gambia: a river in West Africa
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Proper noun

Gambia or the Gambia

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

Gambia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

Gambia in Hindi

The Republic of The Gambia
गाम्बिया gāmbiyā

Gambia in Tamil

The Republic of The Gambia
காம்பியா kāmpiyā

Gambia in Bengali

The Republic of The Gambia
গাম্বিয়া gambiẏa

Gambia in Telugu

The Republic of The Gambia
గాంబియా gāmbiyā
More languagesFewer languages
Gambia in Malayalam
ഗാംബിയ gāmbiya
Gambia in Kannada
ಗ್ಯಾಂಬಿಯ
Gambia in Odia
ଗାମ୍ବିଆ gāmbiā
Gambia in Arabic
غَامْبِيَا ḡāmbiyā
Gambia in Indonesian
Gambia
Gambia in Persian
گامبیا gâmbiyâ
Gambia in Thai
แกมเบีย gɛɛm-biia
Gambia in Vietnamese
Găm-bi-a
Gambia in Myanmar
ဂမ်ဘီယာ gambhiya
Dhivehi
ގެމްބިއާ gem̊biā

Synonyms of Gambia

Origin of Gambia

From the name of the Gambia River.

Words formed from Gambia

Phrases with Gambia

Questions about Gambia

What does Gambia mean?
Gambia means a river in West Africa.
What is Gambia in Hindi?
Gambia in Hindi is गाम्बिया (gāmbiyā). See Gambia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Gambia?
Gambia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Gambia?
Gambia is pronounced /ˈɡæm.bi.ə/.

Words near Gambia in the dictionary

  1. gambeson
  2. gambesoned
  3. gambesons
  4. gambet
  5. gambets
  6. Gambia
  7. Gambia fever
  8. Gambian
  9. Gambians
  10. gambicin
  11. gambier

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Gambia (page history and authors); Gambia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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