Gabon

[ ga-bon; French, ga-bawn ]

noun

1. Official_name Gab·on·ese Re·pub·lic [gab, -, uh, -neez, ‐-nees, gah, -b, uh, ‐]. 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). : Libreville.
2. an estuary in western Gabon. About 40 miles (65 km) long.

Gabon

/ ɡabɔ̃; ɡəˈbɒn /

noun

1. 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 spellingGaboon

Example Sentences

With 90% forest cover, Gabon’s tropical rainforest plays a vital role in the region and beyond.

From Quartz

The economic pressures faced by other developing countries dealing with rampant deforestation are also completely different from those of Gabon, one of the continent’s wealthiest countries.

From Quartz

Gabon is already pitching other innovative funding models to save forests.

From Quartz

Africa’s tropical rainforests—12% of which are in Gabon—each year absorb carbon equivalent to more than three times the UK’s annual emissions.

From Quartz

Deployment remains in infancy stages elsewhere on the continent with trials conducted in Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda so far.

From Quartz

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

From The Daily Beast

After intense training in Gabon following the incident, he dedicated himself to practicing ibogaine ceremonies like the Bwiti.

From The Daily Beast

Uganda is the first of six African countries he visits, followed by Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and finally South Africa.

From The 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.

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