Banjul

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• enPR: bän′jo͝ol

Proper noun

Banjul

1. The capital city of the Gambia.
   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 219:

     I gathered she had a love problem – a young policeman in Banjul whom she rarely saw – and a big plan […] for a family gathering, to which the policeman would be invited.

2. (metonymic) The Gambian government.

Translations

capital of the Gambia

• Afrikaans: Banjul
• Arabic: بَانْجُول m (banjūl)
• Armenian: Բանջուլ (hy) (Banǰul)
• Asturian: Banxul (ast)
• Bulgarian: Банджу́л m (Bandžúl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 班珠爾 / 班珠尔 (zh) (Bānzhū'ěr), (Taiwan) 班竹 (Bānzhú)

• Danish: Banjul
• Esperanto: Banĵulo
• Georgian: ბანჯული (banǯuli)
• German: Banjul (de) n
• Greek: Μπανζούλ (el) f or n (Banzoúl)
• Japanese: バンジュール (ja) (Banjūru)
• Korean: 반줄 (Banjul)
• Latvian: Bandžula
• Mandingo:

  Mandinka: please add this translation if you can

• Polish: Bandżul (pl) m
• Portuguese: Banjul (pt) f
• Russian: Банжу́л (ru) m (Banžúl)
• Spanish: Banjul (es)
• Tamil: பஞ்சுல் (pañcul)
• Telugu: బంజుల్ (bañjul)
• Thai: บันจูล (ban-juul)
• Ukrainian: Банджу́л m (Bandžúl)

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Banjul

1. Banjul (the capital city of the Gambia)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Banjul f

1. Banjul (the capital city of the Gambia)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /band͡ʒul/, [ˈband͡ʒul]
• Rhymes: -and͡ʒul
• Hyphenation: Ban‧jul

Proper noun

Banjul m inan (genitive singular Banjula or Banjulu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Banjul (the capital of the Gambia)

References

• “Banjul”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Proper noun

Banjul ?

1. Banjul (the capital city of the Gambia)