Libreville

American  

[lee-bruh-veel] / li brəˈvil /

noun

1. a port in and the capital of Gabon, in the W part, on the Gulf of Guinea.

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Libreville British  

/ librəvil /

noun

1. the capital of Gabon, in the west on the estuary of the Gabon River: founded as a French trading post in 1843 and expanded with the settlement of freed slaves in 1848. Pop: 649 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Yet large numbers of posters and billboards for Oligui Nguema dominate Libreville's streets, with very few of his rivals' adverts visible.

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Urban populations, particularly in Libreville - home to almost half the country's population - need more jobs and better services, in a country whose social development record has been disappointing, given its relative affluence.

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But in 2003, the Gabonese authorities said that almost immediately after take-off from the capital Libreville, the plane’s left-hand engine stopped working.

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A week after the military takeover, the deposed president was released from house arrest and is free to leave the country, but he has remained in the capital, Libreville.

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Most people I spoke to on the streets of the capital, Libreville, appear to have confidence in the general-turned interim president.

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