Senegambiann.adj.
/sɛnəˈɡambɪən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Senegambia, a name given to the region surrounding the Senegal and Gambia rivers in West Africa (cf. Senegal n., Gambia fever n.); (U.S. colloquial) an African American.Senegambia was revived as the name of a short-lived confederation of Senegal and Gambia (1982–9), formed for military and trade purposes.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin
American1648
African1700
High Dutch1773
Low Dutch1773
German-American1775
African American1782
Anglo-American1785
Irish-American1786
Africo-American1788
American African1826
Pennsylvania German1827
Pennsylvania Dutch1831
Afro-American1833
far-downer1834
Mexicano1847
knickerbocker1848
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1873
Polish-American1876
Polacker1883
roundhead1895
hunk1896
Polack1898
Senegambian1900
bohunk1903
honky1904
hunyak1911
Turk1914
boho1920
Anglo1923
Euro-American1925
turkey1932
narrowback1933
nisei1934
roundheader1934
pachuco1943
pocho1944
Latino1946
Chicano1947
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1952
Amerasian1957
Chicana1966
Afrikan1972
Hispanic1972
1900 Dial. Notes 2 58 Senegambian, a negro or negress.
c1904 Encycl. Dict. Suppl. Senegambian.
1943 G. S. Schuyler in Pittsburgh Courier 11 Sept. 13/7 There are thousands of Negroes living in similar or better houses, despite the race hustling talk about the ‘horrible houses’ of Harlem. All the civilized Senegambians live in good homes.
1947 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. viii. 36 Senegambian. I am acquainted with this word as meaning a Negro from Senegambia—whether ten, fifteen, or fifty years old. Used as a term of contempt.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Senegambia; (also) African-American.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > West Africa > specific countries
Guinean1607
Congoese1765
Liberian1823
Congolese1839
Gambian1864
Mali1906
Senegambian1911
Togolese1957
Mauritanian1959
Malian1963
Ivorian1966
Biafran1967
Upper Voltan1972
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] > by country of origin
African1722
American1761
Low Dutch1774
Pennsylvania Dutch1792
Anglo-American1797
Irish-American1820
Africo-American1825
American African1826
Afro-American1831
Polish-American1850
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1854
Russo-American1878
African American1885
Senegambian1911
Afrikan1929
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1950
Amerasian1965
Chicano1966
Anglo1968
Tejano1978
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 642/2 The conquest of the Senegambian region by the French followed.
1920 W. C. Witwer in Collier's 11 Dec. 21/1 A little bimbo..is struttin' around and bellerin' about the undaunted white race to a big fat grinnin' Senegambian porter.
1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 49 What the hell kind of Senegambian Montague and Capulet is this any~how?
1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 70 The importance of the Senegambian slave trade lies in the accessibility of these parts to the Sudan savannah interior.
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n.adj.1900