Gabon

Also Ga·bun

[ga-bon, ga-bawn]

noun

1. Official Name Gabonese Republic. 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. Former English spelling: Gaboon. 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)

Example Sentences

His managerial career took him across the globe with stints in Portugal, Romania, Cyprus, Tunisia, India and Gabon.

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Cameroon play Gabon in their opening group game on 24 December.

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The court dismissed Gabon's central argument - that a more recent treaty, the 1974 Bata convention, had switched the islands' sovereignty in its favour.

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Ali Bongo, whose father Omar Bongo ruled Gabon for more than four decades, led the country for 14 years until the 2023 coup.

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Gabon international Aaron Boupendza has died at the age of 28 after reportedly falling from a building in China.

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