Yamoussoukro

[yah-muh-s-oo-kroh]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Ivory Coast, in the S central part.

Yamoussoukro

/ ˌjæmʊˈsuːkrəʊ /

noun

1. the capital of Côte d'Ivoire, situated in the S centre of the country. It replaced Abidjan as capital in 1983. Pop: 468 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Dancing on stage during rallies in front of thousands of supporters in the political capital, Yamoussoukro, he has taken to doing judo moves to show he is "ready for the job and full of energy".

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"Our democracy does not need violence to express itself," Ouattara said as he took his campaign to the capital, Yamoussoukro, on Tuesday.

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Having finished as runners-up two years later before coming third in 2000, following their semi-final defeat by Nigeria in Lagos, Bafana Bafana failed to get past the quarter-finals again on three subsequent occasions until beating Cape Verde on penalties in Yamoussoukro on Saturday.

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The incident proved the final act of a first period which was far from a classic, causing some locals in the stands at Yamoussoukro's Charles Konan Banny Stadium to create their own entertainment by audibly celebrating Ivory Coast's last-gasp win over Mali after extra time of Saturday's earlier quarter-final.

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Franck Kessié scored the winning penalty in the shootout for the host nation to eliminate Senegal on Monday and set off unbridled celebrations in Yamoussoukro and beyond.

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