Port Gentil

[ French pawr zhahn-tee ]

noun

1. a seaport in W Gabon.

Port-Gentil

/ pɔrʒɑ̃ti /

noun

1. the chief port of Gabon, in the west near the mouth of the Ogooué River: oil refinery. Pop: 80 841 (1993)

Example Sentences

Gabon has always maintained strong ties with its former colonial power, France, with its influence most visible in the coastal city of Port Gentil, the centre of the country's oil and timber industries.

From BBC

Unlike in Niger, another former French colony, no anti-French protests have taken place since the coup, but a leading anti-French activist in Port Gentil, Kevin Moukadi, said he wanted "the French to get out of Gabon".

From BBC

On Thursday night security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades in some neighbourhoods in the capital Libreville and Port Gentil to disperse protesters who banged pots and had set up barricades, burning tyres and debris.

From Reuters

Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades in some neighbourhoods in the capital Libreville and Port Gentil to disperse protesters who had set up barricades, burning tyres and debris.

From Reuters

“The ship is in our waters and our sailors are assisting a few nautical miles from Port Gentil,” said Gabon’s presidency spokesman Jessye Ella Ekogha, without providing further detail.

From Reuters