Editing Senegal (section)

== Etymology ==
The country of Senegal is named after the [[Senegal River]]. The name of the river may derive from a [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] transliteration of the name of the [[Zenaga language|Zenaga]], also known as the [[Sanhaja]].<ref name="fass">{{Cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/africa/senegal/articles/the-real-story-behind-senegals-name/|title=The Real Story Behind Senegal's Name|first=Beetle|last=Holloway|website=Culture Trip|date=31 May 2018|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-date=6 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206024446/https://theculturetrip.com/africa/senegal/articles/the-real-story-behind-senegals-name/|url-status=live}}</ref> Alternatively, it could be a combination of the supreme deity in [[Serer religion]] (''Rog Sene'') and ''o gal'' meaning ''body of water'' in the [[Serer language]]. French author and priest David Boilat put forward the theory that the name derives from the [[Wolof language|Wolof]] phrase "sunuu gaal", which means "our canoe".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Beetle |date=2018-05-31 |title=The Real Story Behind Senegal's Name |url=https://theculturetrip.com/africa/senegal/articles/the-real-story-behind-senegals-name/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Culture Trip |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206024446/https://theculturetrip.com/africa/senegal/articles/the-real-story-behind-senegals-name/ |url-status=live }}</ref>