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Senegambia

American  
[sen-i-gam-bee-uh] / ˌsɛn ɪˈgæm bi ə /

noun

  1. a region in W Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal.

  2. a confederation of Senegal and the Gambia, formed in 1982.


Senegambia British  
/ ˌsɛnəˈɡæmbɪə /

noun

  1. a region of W Africa, between the Senegal and Gambia Rivers: now mostly in Senegal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Before the Senegambia Bridge was inaugurated three years ago, hundreds of truck drivers moving goods south from Dakar would need to line up for a ferry, sometimes waiting days to cross.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2022

The line of totality charted for that day ran from Chili to Senegambia.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

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