COTE D'IVOIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cote d'Ivoire mean? 

• COTE D'IVOIRE (noun)
  The noun COTE D'IVOIRE has 1 sense:

1. a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa

  Familiarity information: COTE D'IVOIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COTE D'IVOIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cote d'Ivoire; Ivory Coast; Republic of Cote d'Ivoire

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Cote d'Ivoire"):

Abidjan (city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast)

Holonyms ("Cote d'Ivoire" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

 Context examples 

A country in Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo.

(Ghana, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo.

(Ghana, NCI Thesaurus)