Senegal

See also: Sénégal

English

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Senegal

Wikipedia

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛn.ɪˈɡɔːl/, /ˌsɛn.ɪˈɡɑːl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl, -ɑːl

Proper noun

Senegal

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

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Hyponyms

• Casamance

Derived terms

• Senegal dove
• Senegalese
• Senegal jack

Translations

Republic of Senegal

Amharic: ሴኔጋል (senegal) Arabic: السِّنْغَال f (as-sinḡāl) Armenian: Սենեգալ (Senegal) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܸܢܓܵܠ f (singāl) Belarusian: Сенега́л m (Sjenjehál) Bengali: সেনেগাল (bn) (śenegal) Breton: Senegal (br) Bulgarian: Сенега́л m (Senegál) Burmese: ဆီနီဂေါ (hcinigau:) Catalan: Senegal (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 塞內加爾 / 塞内加尔 (zh) (Sàinèijiā'ěr) Corsican: Senegallu m Czech: Senegal (cs) m Danish: Senegal (da) Dhatki: Senegol Dhivehi: ސެނެގާލް (dv) (senegāl) Dutch: Senegal (nl) n Esperanto: Senegalo (eo), Senegalio Estonian: Senegal (et) Farefare: Senegal Finnish: Senegal (fi) French: Sénégal (fr) m Georgian: სენეგალი (ka) (senegali) German: Senegal (de) Greek: Σενεγάλη (el) f (Senegáli) Hausa: Sinigal, Senegal Hebrew: סנגל (senegal) Hindi: सेनेगल (hi) (senegal) Hungarian: Szenegál (hu) Interlingua: Senegal Irish: An tSeineagáil f Italian: Senegal (it) m Japanese: セネガル (ja) (Senegaru) Kalenjin: Senegol Kamba: Senegol Khmer: សេណេហ្គាល់ (km) (seeneegiəl) Kikuyu: Senegol Korean: 세네갈 (ko) (Senegal) Latvian: Senegāla (lv) f Lithuanian: Senegalas (lt) m Luhya: Senegol Luo: Senegol Macedonian: Сенегал m (Senegal) Maltese: is-Senegal Maori: Henekara Meru: Senegol Norman: Sénégal m Norwegian: Senegal (no) Persian: سنگال (fa) (senegâl) Polish: Senegal (pl) Portuguese: Senegal (pt) Pulaar: Adlam: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 Latin: Senegaali Romanian: Senegal (ro) n Russian: Сенега́л (ru) m (Senegál) Sanskrit: सेनेगल (senegala) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Сенегал m Roman: Senegal (sh) m Sicilian: Senegallu m Sinhalese: සෙනගල් (senagal) Slovak: Senegal (sk) m Slovene: Senegal (sl) m Spanish: Senegal (es) Swahili: Senegali (sw) Swedish: Senegal (sv) Tagalog: Senegal (tl) Tatar: Senegal (tt) Thai: เซเนกัล (th) (see-nee-gâl) Turkish: Senegal (tr) Ukrainian: Сенега́л (uk) m (Senehál) Vietnamese: Xê-nê-gan Welsh: Senegal f Wolof: Senegaal (wo) Yoruba: Sẹ̀nẹ̀gà

See also

• Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Anagrams

• Angeles, Leganés, Neagles, Selenga

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Senegal

Wikipedia ^af

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.nəˈɣal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [se.neˈɣal]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Senegal m

1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• senegalès

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Senegal

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛnɛɡal]

Proper noun

Senegal m inan (relational adjective senegalský, demonym Senegalec)

1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Declension

	singular
nominative	Senegal
genitive	Senegalu
dative	Senegalu
accusative	Senegal
vocative	Senegale
locative	Senegalu
instrumental	Senegalem

Declension of Senegal (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

Further reading

• “Senegal”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Senegal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Senegal”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Senegal

Wikipedia ^da

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• senegaleser
• senegalesisk

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Senegal

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From Portuguese Senegal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseneɡɑl/, [ˈs̠e̞ne̞ɡɑ̝l]
• Rhymes: -eneɡɑl
• Syllabification^(key): Se‧ne‧gal
• Hyphenation^(key): Se‧ne‧gal

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Senegal (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Senegal	—
genitive		Senegalin	—
partitive		Senegalia	—
illative		Senegaliin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Senegal	—
accusative	nom.	Senegal	—
	gen.	Senegalin
genitive		Senegalin	—
partitive		Senegalia	—
inessive		Senegalissa	—
elative		Senegalista	—
illative		Senegaliin	—
adessive		Senegalilla	—
ablative		Senegalilta	—
allative		Senegalille	—
essive		Senegalina	—
translative		Senegaliksi	—
abessive		Senegalitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Senegal (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Senegalini — accusative nom. Senegalini — gen. Senegalini genitive Senegalini — partitive Senegaliani — inessive Senegalissani — elative Senegalistani — illative Senegaliini — adessive Senegalillani — ablative Senegaliltani — allative Senegalilleni — essive Senegalinani — translative Senegalikseni — abessive Senegalittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Senegalisi — accusative nom. Senegalisi — gen. Senegalisi genitive Senegalisi — partitive Senegaliasi — inessive Senegalissasi — elative Senegalistasi — illative Senegaliisi — adessive Senegalillasi — ablative Senegaliltasi — allative Senegalillesi — essive Senegalinasi — translative Senegaliksesi — abessive Senegalittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Senegalimme — accusative nom. Senegalimme — gen. Senegalimme genitive Senegalimme — partitive Senegaliamme — inessive Senegalissamme — elative Senegalistamme — illative Senegaliimme — adessive Senegalillamme — ablative Senegaliltamme — allative Senegalillemme — essive Senegalinamme — translative Senegaliksemme — abessive Senegalittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Senegalinne — accusative nom. Senegalinne — gen. Senegalinne genitive Senegalinne — partitive Senegalianne — inessive Senegalissanne — elative Senegalistanne — illative Senegaliinne — adessive Senegalillanne — ablative Senegaliltanne — allative Senegalillenne — essive Senegalinanne — translative Senegaliksenne — abessive Senegalittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Senegalinsa — accusative nom. Senegalinsa — gen. Senegalinsa genitive Senegalinsa — partitive Senegaliaan Senegaliansa — inessive Senegalissaan Senegalissansa — elative Senegalistaan Senegalistansa — illative Senegaliinsa — adessive Senegalillaan Senegalillansa — ablative Senegaliltaan Senegaliltansa — allative Senegalilleen Senegalillensa — essive Senegalinaan Senegalinansa — translative Senegalikseen Senegaliksensa — abessive Senegalittaan Senegalittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• senegalilainen

compounds

• senegalingundi

Gagauz

Gagauz Wikipedia has an article on:

Senegal

Wikipedia ^gag

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Senegal

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛneɡal/, /ˈzeː-/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

der Senegal m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Senegal or des Senegals)
Senegal n (proper noun, genitive Senegals or (optionally with an article) Senegal)

1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Declension

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	der	Senegal
genitive	des	Senegal, Senegals
dative	dem	Senegal
accusative	den	Senegal

Declension of Senegal [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Senegal
genitive	des	Senegals, Senegal1
dative	dem	Senegal
accusative	das	Senegal

Declension of Senegal [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Senegaler
• Senegalese
• senegalesisch

See also

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Proper noun

der Senegal m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Senegals)

1. Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)