GAMBIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gambia mean? 

• GAMBIA (noun)
  The noun GAMBIA has 1 sense:

1. a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa

  Familiarity information: GAMBIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAMBIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Gambia; Republic of The Gambia; The Gambia

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Gambia"):

Banjul; capital of Gambia (a port city and capital of Gambia)

Meronyms (members of "Gambia"):

Gambian (a native or inhabitant of Gambia)

Holonyms ("Gambia" is a part of...):

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)

Derivation:

Gambian (of or relating to or characteristic of Gambia or its inhabitants)