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单词 gabon
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Gabon

[ ga-bon; French, ga-bawn ]
/ gæˈbɒn; French, gaˈbɔ̃ /

noun

Official name Gab·on·ese Re·pub·lic [gab-uh-neez, ‐nees, gah-buh‐] /ˈgæb əˌniz, ‐ˌnis, ˈgɑ bə‐/ . a republic in western equatorial Africa, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by People's Republic of the Congo. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville.
an estuary in western Gabon. About 40 miles (65 km) long.
Also Ga·bun [guh-boon] /gəˈbun/ .

Words nearby Gabon

gable end, gable roof, gablet, gable window, Gabo, Gabon, Gabonese, gaboon, gaboon viper, Gabor, Gaboriau
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Example sentences from the Web for Gabon

  • In Gabon, West Africa, the drug is also central to Bwiti, a religious way of life for people who take it.

    Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • After intense training in Gabon following the incident, he dedicated himself to practicing ibogaine ceremonies like the Bwiti.

    Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • Uganda is the first of six African countries he visits, followed by Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and finally South Africa.

    The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|October 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • If the fathers had known of this decision and its cause, they would have remedied it by going back to live or die at Gabon.

    The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55|Antonio Alvarez de Abreu

British Dictionary definitions for Gabon

Gabon
/ (ɡəˈbɒn, French ɡabɔ̃) /

noun

a republic in W central Africa, on the Atlantic: settled by the French in 1839; made part of the French Congo in 1888; became independent in 1960; almost wholly forested. Official language: French. Religion: Christian majority; significant animist minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Libreville. Pop: 1 640 286 (2013 est). Area: 267 675 sq km (103 350 sq miles)Former English spelling: Gaboon
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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