Main Entry:
Gam⋅bi⋅a
[gam-bee-uh]
–noun
A country of western Africa lying along the Gambia River and surrounded, except for a
short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, by Senegal. Once a part of the Mali Empire, it
became a British crown colony in 1843 and a British protectorate in 1894. Gambia
achieved independence in 1965. From 1982 to 1989 it formed with Senegal the
Confederation of Senegambia. Banjul is the capital. Population
1,690,000. The American Heritage® Dictionary
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