Senegal
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- proper noun
- /ˈsɛnɪɡɔl/
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Senegal
- In Senegal, I visited the historic island of Gorée, which is important to its history.
- colonial Senegal
- Senegal River
- Dakar, Senegal
And now, dear friends, here's my God Wade, you were born in Senegal.
- And now, dear friends, here's my God Wade, you were born in Senegal.
- It seems that Senegal may have contained the the spread because they did this way before us.
- We have the same in Sierra Leone, we have same in in in Senegal.
Examples
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The president of Senegal, Maggie Saw, is also now the chair of the African Union.
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Last week you saw Senegal beat Egypt to win the Africa Cup of Nations.
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So I, I lived in Senegal for six years.
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I was in Senegal for five weeks.
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" I lived in Mexico, and before that, I was in Senegal for a while."
Fiction book (1999) -
But he was a doctor in Senegal.
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In 2009, God took me to Senegal, West Africa, to visit my sponsored child.
Blog text (22) -
That's Sister Margaret from Senegal.
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His upbringing, like that of other Muslim children of his generation in Senegal, was both traditional and modern.
Academic text (1999) -
I'm not ashamed to say that without him, I'd be quite lost here in Senegal.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
A country in west Africa on the Atlantic coast
Compounds
- Specialized
A natural gum from trees called acacia near the Senegal River used to thicken or stabilize food and medicines
Surface Forms
Etymology
Senegal comes from the name of the big Senegal River and older local names. One popular story says the local word Sunugal means 'our canoe', and another older name Zenaga means 'a people', so the river or the people gave the place its name. That's why the country is called Senegal today.