Abidjan

American  

[ab-i-jahn, a-bee-jahn] / ˌæb ɪˈdʒɑn, a biˈdʒɑ̃ /

noun

1. a seaport in and the commercial capital of the Ivory Coast.

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Abidjan British  

/ abidʒɑ̃, ˌæbɪˈdʒɑːn /

noun

1. a port in Côte d'Ivoire, on the Gulf of Guinea: the legislative capital (Yamoussoukro became the administrative capital in 1983). Pop: 3 516 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Hundreds of trucks carrying goods from the Ivorian economic hub Abidjan or the Senegalese capital Dakar have since been set on fire.

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"I came to vote quickly and then go to my village," Olivier Blo, one of the first voters in the working-class suburb of Yopougon, in Abidjan, told AFP.

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"I came to vote quickly and then go to my village," said Olivier Blo, one of the first voters in the working-class suburb of Yopougon, in Abidjan.

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The visible transformation of economic capital Abidjan is an undeniable factor set to underpin support for the incumbent.

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The presence of the Ivorian army in the remote and long-neglected northeast, hundreds of kilometres from the economic capital Abidjan, has succeeded in assuaging locals' concerns -- to an extent.

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