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 Translation for 'The Gambia' from English to Dutch
NOUN   Gambia / the Gambia | -
SYNO Gambia | Republic of The Gambia | The Gambia
geogr.
Gambia {het}
The Gambia
4 Words
pol.
Republiek {de} Gambia
Republic of The Gambia
Partial Matches
geogr.
Gambia {het}
Gambia
aanbellento ring (at the door/the doorbell)
dethe
4
hetthe
4
lit.F
De ingewijden [Hella S. Haasse]
The Incrowd
Britten {mv}the British
dezelfde {pron}the same
geogr.
Nederland {het}
(the) Netherlands {pl}
3
aan de linkerkant {adv}to the left
lit.F
De vrek [Molière]
The Miser
naar Nederland {adv}to the Netherlands
lit.F
De grap [Milan Kundera]
The Joke
ouden {mv} van dagenthe elderly
geogr.
alpen {mv}
the Alps
2
lit.F
De gedaanteverwisseling [Franz Kafka]
The Metamorphosis
filmF
De grote stilte [Ingmar Bergman]
The Silence
lit.F
Het woord van de verteller [Mario Vargas Llosa]
The Storyteller
naar zee {adv}to the seaside
naar kantoor {adv}to the office
linksaf {adv}to the left
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Usage Examples English
  • The Trans–West African Coastal Highway crosses Guinea-Bissau, connecting it to Banjul (the Gambia), Conakry (Guinea), and eventually to 11 other nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
  • The Niger River, the Gambia River, and the Senegal River are among the 22 West African rivers that have their origins in Guinea.
  • Fenda Lawrence was a slave trader from the Gambia who lived and traded in Georgia and South Carolina as a free person.
  • In recent years these included interventions in Ivory Coast in 2003, Liberia in 2003, Guinea-Bissau in 2012, Mali in 2013, and The Gambia in 2017.
  • The earliest written indication of an instrument akin to the banjo is in the 17th century: Richard Jobson (1621) in describing The Gambia, wrote about an instrument like the banjo, which he called a "bandore".

  • The aquatic fauna in the Senegal River basin is closely associated with that of the Gambia River basin, and the two are usually combined under a single ecoregion known as the Senegal-Gambia Catchments.
  • The Gambia and North Korea have had relations since 1973, with a diplomatic mission of North Korea opening in 1975.
  • Similar shifts in usage have occurred in the names of Sudan and both Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa); a move in the other direction occurred with The Gambia.
  • In January 2020, The Gambia and Guinea opened consulates in Dakhla; meanwhile, Gabon opened a consulate general in Laayoune.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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