Banjul

Ban·jul

B0059600 (bän′jo͞ol′) The capital and largest city of Gambia, on an island at the mouth of the Gambia River on the Atlantic Ocean. Founded as a trading post by the British in 1816, it was known as Bathurst until 1973.

Banjul

(bænˈdʒuːl) n (Placename) the capital of The Gambia, a port at the mouth of the Gambia River. Pop: 392 000 (2005 est). Former name (until 1973): Bathurst

Ban•jul

(ˈbɑn dʒul)

n. the capital of The Gambia. 44,188.

Thesaurus

Noun

Banjul - a port city and capital of Gambia capital of GambiaGambia, Republic of The Gambia, The Gambia - a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa

Translations

Banjul

(bän`jo͝ol), formerly

Bathurst

(băth`ərst), port city (1993 pop. 42,407), capital of The Gambia, situated on St. Mary's Island where the Gambia River enters the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only large urban area in The Gambia and is the country's economic and administrative center. Its port handles oceangoing ships. Banjul's chief export is peanuts; beeswax, palm kernels and oil, and skins and hides are also shipped. Peanut processing is the chief industry. The city was founded by the British on the site of an anchorage in 1816 as a trading post and a base for suppressing the slave trade.

Banjul

the capital of The Gambia, a port at the mouth of the Gambia River. Pop.: 392 000 (2005 est.)

Banjul

noun

Synonyms for Banjul

noun a port city and capital of Gambia

Synonyms

capital of Gambia

Related Words

Gambia
Republic of The Gambia
The Gambia

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