Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Côte d'Ivoire. It was named for the large quantities of ivory traded there in precolonial times.
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- proper noun A country in Western
Africa . Official name:Republic of Côte d'Ivoire orCôte d'Ivoire .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa
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Examples
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That is likely to remain the central mystery of the country's swift turnaround this week, after months of bellicose language on state television by Gbagbo and his aides, promises to fight fiercely for what they called Ivory Coast's sovereignty in the face of foreign interference and periodic killings of civilian protesters in Abidjan.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Ambassador Gnamien said it is wrong for the international community to infringe on what he described as Ivory Coast’s sovereignty.
Ivorian Diplomat Urges World to “Listen” to President’s Concerns 2010
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Cocoa was 1.3% higher due to ongoing uncertainty over the reliability of exports from the Ivory Coast, which is wracked by a political power struggle.
Commodities Fall on U.K. Economic Woes Ian Berry 2011
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U.N. refugee chief, Antonio Guterres, calls Ivory Coast one of the most dramatic displacement crises in the world.
UN Refugee Chief Warns Ivory Coast Conflict Could Spillover to Liberia 2011
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U.S. President Barack Obama has called Ivory Coast's newly installed President Alassane Ouattara to congratulate him on taking power.
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Reuters French forces in a military operation in southern Ivory Coast on Monday.
Ivory Coast Standoff Ends With Arrest David Gauthier-Villars 2011
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U.N. refugee chief, Antonio Guterres, calls Ivory Coast one of the most dramatic displacement crises in the world.
UN Refugee Chief Warns Ivory Coast Conflict Could Spillover to Liberia 2011
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It is sending more troops to Ivory Coast, which is descending into civil war, and has 3,500 soldiers in Afghanistan.
British Say NATO Faces Jet Shortage Alistair MacDonald 2011
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It is sending more troops to Ivory Coast, which is descending into civil war, and has 3,500 soldiers in Afghanistan.
Friendly Fire Raises Tensions in Libya Charles Levinson 2011
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The International Organization for Migration is urging the international community to re-focus some of its attention from the crisis in Libya onto the situation in Ivory Coast, which is rapidly deteriorating.
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