Côte d'Ivoire

American  

[koht dee-vwar] / koʊt diˈvwar /

noun

1. French name of Ivory Coast.

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Côte d'Ivoire British  

/ kot divwar /

noun

1. Former name (until 1986): the Ivory Coast.  a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: Portuguese trading for ivory and slaves began in the 16th century; made a French protectorate in 1842 and became independent in 1960; major producer of coffee and cocoa. Official language: French. Religion: Muslim majority, with animist, atheist, and Roman Catholic minorities. Currency: franc. Capital: Yamoussoukro (administrative); Abidjan (legislative). Pop: 22 400 835 (2013 est). Area: 319 820 sq km (123 483 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Beginning in 2019, Maro conducted two field seasons at Ngogo in Uganda's Kibale National Park and one season at Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire.

From Science Daily

Brazil's Embraer unveiled orders from Air Cote d'Ivoire for four passenger planes and another three for Switzerland's Helvetic Airways.

From Barron's

Similarly, a 2022 study in the journal Communications Biology learned that a group of 46 chimpanzees at Taï National Park in the African country of Côte d'Ivoire can produce 390 distinct vocalizations.

From Salon

"We show that adult social play in chimpanzees can foster a range of cooperative behaviors, from dyadic interactions to complex, risky activities requiring the coordination of multiple individuals," says Liran Samuni of the German Primate Center in Göttingen, Germany, and the Taï Chimpanzee Project in Côte d'Ivoire.

From Science Daily

Samuni and her colleagues have been studying three cohesive groups of chimpanzees living in the Taï Forest of Côte d'Ivoire.

From Science Daily