Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Gabon.
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- noun A person from
Gabon or of Gabonese descent. - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Gabon or the Gabonese people
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Gabon
- adjective of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants
Etymologies
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Examples
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They have also expressed doubt that reforms promised by a new government appointed December 28 by long-term Gabonese President Omar
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DUPREE: The group, the group behind me are from Central African, Gabon and they're called the Gabonese Acrobatic Children.
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Earlier, the White House again defended Mr. Obama's decision to meet with the Gabonese president.
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On Friday morning they gathered on a scruffy beach in Libreville, sang and laid flowers in the water for their compatriots who had died in 1993, shortly after taking off from the Gabonese capital for a World Cup qualifier in Senegal.
Zambia 0-0 Ivory Coast (7-8 on pens) | Africa Cup of Nations final report 2012
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After the meeting, the president of the U.N. Security Council for June, Gabonese Ambassador Nelson Messone, read a communiqué from the 15-member council.
Security Council Endorses Ban for Second Term as UN Chief 2011
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The defendants had been led to believe that they could participate in the contract if they agreed to inflate their prices on invoices to the Gabonese government, masking a $3 million "commission," according to evidence presented at trial.
Jury Clears Two Businessmen in 'Sting' Case on Bribery Christopher M. Matthews 2012
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The event has been marked by a Pontifical Mass in the usus antiquior celebrated by Msgr. Mvé Engone, at which the bishop of Port-Gentil, Mathieu Madega, as well as ministers of the Gabonese government assisted.
Personal Parish for the Institute of Christ the King in Gabon 2009
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In several rounds of anonymous voting, both Jean Ping, a former Gabonese foreign minister who has led the commission since 2008, and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma , South Africa's home affairs minister and former wife of President Jacob Zuma, failed to win two-thirds majority support from members of the 54-member organization.
African Union Vote Ends With No New Leader Patrick McGroarty 2012
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After the meeting, the president of the U.N. Security Council for June, Gabonese Ambassador Nelson Messone, read a communiqué from the 15-member council.
Security Council Endorses Ban for Second Term as UN Chief 2011
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The five defendants in the case, owners and executives of small military-equipment companies, were among 22 people charged in 2009 in connection with a purported scheme to pay a $1.5 million bribe to the Gabonese defense minister in return for what undercover investigators said was a $15 million contract to outfit his country's national guard.
Jury Clears Two Businessmen in 'Sting' Case on Bribery Christopher M. Matthews 2012
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