Senegambia
noun
a region in W Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal.
Senegambian
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a word derived from
Senegambia.
Example Sentences
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In 1462, the Portuguese were forced to negotiate a peace treaty, which limited them to trading along the Senegambian coast.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The first Portuguese slave raids in West Africa took place on the Senegambian coast, the Atlantic coastline of Senegal and the Gambia in West Africa, in 1444.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Indeed, as the fight progressed, Mad den began to wax more and more potent while the giant Senegambian "appeared to be tiring from his own efforts."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a cosmopolitan community, too—as cosmopolitan as it can be and still retain its Senegambian motif.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various
Well," he conceded, "this elusive Senegambian I am after does make me tired—especially as friend Norwood is too sly a customer to be caught with the goods on him.
From I Walked in Arden by Jack Crawford
