Gambia
geographical name
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Gam·bia
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˈgam-bē-ə  
                                                                                                                              
            ˈgäm-
                                                      
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                                                      river 700 miles (1126 kilometers) long in western Africa flowing west from Fouta Djallon in western Guinea through Senegal into the Atlantic in Gambia                                      
                
                    
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 or the Gambia                                  
              
          
                                                      country of western Africa surrounded on three sides by Senegal and comprising a strip of land about 12 to 30 miles (19 to 48 kilometers) wide that straddles the Gambia River from the Atlantic coast inland for about 200 miles (322 kilometers); capital Banjul area 4363 square miles (11,300 square kilometers), population 2,093,000                                      
                
                    
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