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Ivory Coast

/ˈaɪvəɹi ˈkoʊst/

Ivory Coast proper noun: a country in West Africa. Official names: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and Côte d'Ivoire.

Proper noun

Ivory Coast or the Ivory Coast

  1. A country in West Africa. Official names: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and Côte d'Ivoire.
    • In a continent with a long history of ethnic strife, the Ivory Coast has maintained an open immigration policy.1988 April 26, James Brooke, “Ivory Coast: African Success Story Built on Rich Farms and Stable Politics”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
  2. (historical) A region of West Africa on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, now comprising the coast of Côte d'Ivoire.
  3. (historical) A former colony of France in West Africa comprising its trading outposts along the Ivory Coast and its further northern conquests, now the independent state of Côte d'Ivoire.

Ivory Coast meaning in Tamil

Ivory Coast in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

Origin of Ivory Coast

In reference to the historical region, a calque of Portuguese Costa do Marfim in reference to the area's primary export to Europe during the Age of Exploration. In reference to the modern nation, a calque of French Côte d'Ivoire from the same source.

Words formed from Ivory Coast

Questions about Ivory Coast

What does Ivory Coast mean?
Ivory Coast means a country in West Africa. Official names: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and Côte d'Ivoire.
What is Ivory Coast in Tamil?
Ivory Coast in Tamil is இது ஒரு நாடாகும். See Ivory Coast meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast is pronounced /ˈaɪvəɹi ˈkoʊst/.

Words near Ivory Coast in the dictionary

  1. ivorists
  2. ivoroid
  3. ivory
  4. ivory black
  5. ivory bush coral
  6. Ivory Coast
  7. Ivory Coaster
  8. Ivory Coasters
  9. Ivory Coastian
  10. ivory gull
  11. ivory gulls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ivory Coast (page history and authors); Ivory Coast (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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