Senegal
/ˌsɛn.ɪˈɡɔːl/
Senegal proper noun: a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa.
Proper noun
Senegal
- A river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa.
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Senegal.
Senegal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Senegal in Hindi
- Republic of Senegal
- सेनेगल senegal
Senegal in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
Senegal in Urdu
- Republic of Senegal
- سینیگال senegal
Senegal in Bengali
- Republic of Senegal
- সেনেগাল śenegal
More languagesFewer languages
- Senegal in Kannada
- ಸೆನಗಲ್
- Senegal in Sanskrit
- सेनेगल senegala
- Senegal in Sinhala
- සෙනගල් senagal
- Senegal in Tagalog
- Senegal
- Senegal in Arabic
- السِّنْغَال as-sinḡāl
- Senegal in Indonesian
- Senegal
- Senegal in Persian
- سنگال senegâl
- Senegal in Thai
- เซเนกัล see-nee-gâl
- Senegal in Vietnamese
- Xê-nê-gan
- Senegal in Myanmar
- ဆီနီဂေါ hcinigau:
- Dhivehi
- ސެނެގާލް senegāl
Origin of Senegal
Probably from a Portuguese transliteration of the name of the Zenaga (possibly from Arabic زنجي (“Zanj, Negro”), from Persian زَنگ (“Land of the Blacks”) Etymology 3. Or a combination of the supreme deity in Serer religion (Rog Sene) and o gal meaning body of water in the Serer language.
Words formed from Senegal
Phrases with Senegal
Words that rhyme with Senegal
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pall
- paul
- recall
- tall
- Donegal
- saul
- forestall
- Saint Paul
- all
- appall
- hauler
- maul
- overcall
- overhaul
- scrawl
- withcall
- befall
- brawl
- drawl
- install
- set out one's stall
- sing small
- bawl
- orle
- spall
- sprawl
- squall
- trawl
- withal
- y'all
- acrawl
- awl
- infall
- moneyball
- overall
- pawl
- saule
- shawl
- spawl
- tell all
- yawl
- appal
- asprawl
- at all
- aul
- becrawl
- bescrawl
- besmall
Questions about Senegal
- What does Senegal mean?
- Senegal means a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa.
- What is Senegal in Hindi?
- Senegal in Hindi is सेनेगल (senegal). See Senegal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Senegal?
- Senegal is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Senegal?
- Senegal is pronounced /ˌsɛn.ɪˈɡɔːl/.
Words near Senegal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Senegal (page history and authors); Senegal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Senegal (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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