| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Côte d'Ivoire |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Côte d'I·voire |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -vwär |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also I·vo·ry Coast (  v -r, vr) |
| A country of western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. Divided into various isolated kingdoms at the time of European discovery in the 15th century, it was organized as a French colony in 1893, became a part of French West Africa in 1904, and declared its independence in 1960. Yamoussoukro is the capital and Abidjan is the largest city and de facto administrative center. Population: 13,695,000. | | OTHER FORMS: | I·vori·an (-vôr-n, -v r-) , I·voiri·an (-vwär-n) —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
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