ⲧⲥⲁⲣⲅⲁⲛⲓⲁ
Coptic
Etymology
Possibly from Arabic سنغانا (Sanghana, a city described by the Arab historian al-Bakri in 1068 as located by the mouth of the Senegal River).
Proper noun
ⲧⲥⲁⲣⲅⲁⲛⲓⲁ • (tsargania) f
- (Bohairic) Ghana (a region of West Africa) on the shores of the Senegal river.
References
- Kircher, Athanasius, Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, 1643, page 212