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Senegal en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛn.ɪˈɡɑːl/
  • /ˌsɛn.ɪˈɡɔːl/
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Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. A river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa.
  2. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Senegal.

Deriveds

senegalite · Senegalese · Senegal hartebeest · Senegal dove · Senegambia · Senegal jack

Hypernyms

Subsahara

Hyponyms

Casamance

Relateds

Countries of the world

Translations (88)

ban Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · ca Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · sh Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · ko 세네갈 (Republic of Senegal) · ia Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · tr Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · km សេណេហ្គាល់ (Republic of Senegal) · ur سینیگال (Republic of Senegal) · scn Senegallu (Republic of Senegal) · pt Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · my ဆီနီဂေါ (Republic of Senegal) · be Сенега́л (Republic of Senegal) · tt Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · nrf Sénégal (Republic of Senegal) · eo Senegalo (Republic of Senegal) · bho सेनेगल (Republic of Senegal) · yo Sẹ̀nẹ̀gà (Republic of Senegal) · ki Senegol (Republic of Senegal) · sv Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · sl Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · cy Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · jv Sénégal (Republic of Senegal) · et Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · mi Henekara (Republic of Senegal) · am ሴኔጋል (Republic of Senegal) · ga An tSeineagáil (Republic of Senegal) · mk Сенегал (Republic of Senegal) · sw Senegali (Republic of Senegal) · vi Xê-nê-gan (Republic of Senegal) · ru Сенега́л (Republic of Senegal) · uk Сенега́л (Republic of Senegal) · cmn 塞內加爾 /塞内加尔 (Republic of Senegal) · ka სენეგალი (Republic of Senegal) · id Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · es Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · lv Senegāla (Republic of Senegal) · hy Սենեգալ (Republic of Senegal) · da Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · he סנגל (Republic of Senegal) · su Sénégal (Republic of Senegal) · th เซเนกัล (Republic of Senegal) · mer Senegol (Republic of Senegal) · co Senegallu (Republic of Senegal) · bew Sénégal (Republic of Senegal) · aii ܣܸܢܓܵܠ (Republic of Senegal) · gur Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · ast Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · ro Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · bpy সেনেগাল (Republic of Senegal) · br Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · wo Senegaal (Republic of Senegal) · sk Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · hi सेनेगल (Republic of Senegal) · dv ސެނެގާލް (Republic of Senegal) · fa سنگال (Republic of Senegal) · fy Sênegâl (Republic of Senegal) · ha Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · kam Senegol (Republic of Senegal) · de Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · ff 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Republic of Senegal) · eo Senegalio (Republic of Senegal) · ha Sinigal (Republic of Senegal) · luy Senegol (Republic of Senegal) · lt Senegalas (Republic of Senegal) · fr Sénégal (Republic of Senegal) · sa सेनेगल (Republic of Senegal) · luo Senegol (Republic of Senegal) · tl Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · bg Сенега́л (Republic of Senegal) · cs Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · hsb Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · it Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · sh Сенегал (Republic of Senegal) · bn সেনেগাল (Republic of Senegal) · ja セネガル (Republic of Senegal) · hu Szenegál (Republic of Senegal) · ff Senegaali (Republic of Senegal) · pl Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · fi Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · el Σενεγάλη (Republic of Senegal) · rsk Сенеґал (Republic of Senegal) · ar السِّنْغَال (Republic of Senegal) · si සෙනගල් (Republic of Senegal) · nl Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · no Senegal (Republic of Senegal) · mni ꯁꯦꯅꯦꯒꯜ (Republic of Senegal) · yue 塞內加爾 /塞内加尔 (Republic of Senegal) · mt is-Senegal (Republic of Senegal)

wikipedia: Serer religion · wikidata: Q1041 · wikipedia: Sanhaja