Ivory Coast

noun

1. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence 1960. 127,520 sq. mi. (330,275 sq. km). Yamoussoukro. Abidjan.

Ivory Coast

noun

1. the Ivory Coast
   the former name (until 1986) of Côte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast

1. Republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Burkina Faso to the northeast, Ghana to the east, and Liberia and Guinea to the west. It is also known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (French for Ivory Coast). Its capital and largest city is Abidjan.

Notes

French control of the area began after World War II and lasted until 1960, when the Ivory Coast declared itself independent.

One of the most prosperous and politically stable nations in Africa.

Other Words From

• I·vo·ri·an [ahy-, vawr, -ee-, uh, n, ahy-, vohr, -], adjective noun

Example Sentences

Bourgi says unlike more developed countries on the continent, it is a Herculean task to access efficient delivery and logistics services in Ivory Coast.

From TechCrunch

Djamo, a financial super app for consumers in Francophone Africa, is the first startup from Ivory Coast to get backing from Y Combinator.

From TechCrunch

Those details collide sharply with the marketing presentations on Nestlé and Cargill’s websites, which highlight how they invest heavily in Ivory Coast and Mali, training farmers and building schools in the cocoa region.

From Fortune

In Ivory Coast, meanwhile, the opposition has declared they’re forming a parallel government after President Alassane Ouattara was controversially announced the winner of that country’s election, with a hard-to-believe 94 percent of the vote.

From Ozy

That’s why Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Madagascar and Rwanda have turned to radio and TV classes, delivered daily to millions of students.

From Ozy

Former Ivory Coast dictator Félix Houphouët-Boigny built a beautifully massive church that barely anybody attends.

From The Daily Beast

Ivory Coast is “The Elephants,” Nigeria “The Super Eagles,” but doff your cap to Cameroon: “The Indomitable Lions.”

From The Daily Beast

One admitted to kidnapping and ransoming hostages in the Ivory Coast.

From The Daily Beast

In 2011, as a result of crises in Ivory Coast, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and other countries, 4.3 million people were displaced.

From The Daily Beast

Little is known about the child model, other than the fact that she was born in Ivory Coast in 2001.

From The Daily Beast

Of the twenty-two who were on the Ivory Coast sixteen were mobilized.

From Project Gutenberg

These two volumes deal with the history, geography, zoology and economic condition of the Ivory Coast.

From Project Gutenberg

To me it was thrilling to look out across the oily blue glitter and see a hazy line which was the Ivory Coast.

From Project Gutenberg

The part of the coast they were now off is called the Ivory Coast.

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