Senegambia
Americannoun
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a region in W Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal.
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a confederation of Senegal and the Gambia, formed in 1982.
noun
Other Word Forms
- Senegambian adjective
Example Sentences
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Banneker’s grandparents were said to have been an Englishwoman named Molly, who was a White indentured servant, and an enslaved Wolof man from Senegambia named Bana’ka.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023
In the mid-fifteenth century, who purchased enslaved people from Mali on the Senegambia coast?
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The Portuguese monarchy also hired explorers such as Alvise Cadamosto, a Venetian slaver sent to scout the region of Senegambia.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
This young woman — born in the Senegambia region — speaks about more than poetry or science.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2021
The vegetation of Senegambia is very luxuriant and vigorous.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
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