Origin: Latin suffix -al
Senegal has 2 different meanings across 2 categories:
a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960
"Senegal is a republic in northwestern Africa that gained its independence from France in 1960."
A river in West Africa.
"The Senegal River forms a natural border between several nations in West Africa."
The name likely comes from a Portuguese transliteration of "Zenaga," possibly derived from Arabic terms for black people, or it may combine the Serer supreme deity Rog Sene with a word meaning body of water.