Senegal

See also: Sénégal

English

Etymology

Probably from a Portuguese transliteration of the name of the Zenaga, or 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.ɪ.ˈɡɔːl/, /ˌsɛn.ɪ.ˈɡɑːl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl, -ɑːl

Proper noun

Senegal

2. Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Senegal.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Senegalese

Translations

Republic of Senegal

• Amharic: ሴኔጋል (senegal)
• Arabic: السِّنْغَال f (as-sinḡāl)
• Armenian: Սենեգալ (Senegal)
• Belarusian: Сенега́л m (Sjenjehál)
• Bengali: সেনেগাল (śenegal)
• Breton: Senegal
• Bulgarian: Сенега́л m (Senegál)
• Burmese: ဆီနီဂေါ (hcinigau:)
• Catalan: Senegal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞內加爾／塞内加尔 (zh), 塞内加尔 (zh) (Sàinèijiā'ěr)

• Czech: Senegal (cs) m
• Danish: Senegal (da)
• Dhatki: Senegol
• Dhivehi: ސެނެގާލް (dv) (senegāl)
• Dutch: Senegal (nl)
• Esperanto: Senegalo (eo), Senegalio
• Estonian: Senegal (et)
• 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)
• Japanese: セネガル (ja) (Senegaru)
• Kalenjin: Senegol
• Kamba: Senegol
• Khmer: សេណេហ្គាល់ (km) (seeneegiəl)
• Kikuyu: Senegol
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• Korean: 세네갈 (Senegal)
• Latvian: Senegāla (lv) f
• 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)
• Romanian: Senegal (ro) n
• Russian: Сенега́л (ru) m (Senegál)
• Sanskrit: सेनेगल (senegala)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сенегал m

  Roman: Senegal (sh) 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
• Yoruba: Sẹnẹga

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, 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 ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Anagrams

• Angeles, Leganés, Neagles, Selenga

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal

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Czech

Proper noun

1. Senegal

Related terms

• senegalský
• Senegalec

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Finnish

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal

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

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Senegal m or n (genitive Senegals)

1. Senegal (country)

Derived terms

• Senegaler
• Senegalese
• senegalesisch

Proper noun

Senegal m (proper noun, strong, genitive Senegals)

1. Senegal (river)

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Italian

Proper noun

Senegal m

1. Senegal (country)
2. Senegal (river)

Related terms

• senegalese

Anagrams

• segnale

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal (country)
2. Senegal (river)

Related terms

• senegaleser
• senegalesisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal (country)
2. Senegal (river)

Related terms

• senegalesar
• senegalesisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈnɛ.ɡal/

• audio:

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Proper noun

Senegal m

1. Senegal (country)
2. Senegal (river)

Declension

Declension of Senegal

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

Derived terms

• (#1) (nouns) Senegalczyk m, Senegalka f
• (#1) (adjective) senegalski

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Senegal m

1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)
2. Senegal (a river in West Africa)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêneɡaːl/
• Hyphenation: Se‧ne‧gal

Proper noun

Sȅnegāl m (Cyrillic spelling Се̏нега̄л)

1. Senegal (country, river)

Declension

Declension of Senegal

	singular
nominative	Senegal
genitive	Senegala
dative	Senegalu
accusative	Senegal
vocative	Senegale
locative	Senegalu
instrumental	Senegalom

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seneˈɡal/ [se.neˈɣ̞al]

Proper noun

Senegal m

1. Senegal

Usage notes

The definite article is used when referring to Senegal in Spanish (i.e. el Senegal). However, occasionally, you may see the definite article omitted in colloquial use.

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Swahili

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal (country)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Senegal (“Senegal”).

Proper noun

Senegál

1. Senegal

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Tatar

Proper noun

Senegal

1. Senegal

Declension

    declension of Senegal

Nominative	Senegal
Genitive	Senegalnıñ
Dative	Senegalga
Accusative	Senegalnı
Locative	Senegalda
Ablative	Senegaldan