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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital of Côte d'Ivoire, in the central part of the country northwest of Abidjan. It was designated the capital in 1983.
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- proper noun The official capital of
Côte d'Ivoire .
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It looks as though -- the good news for those of you who may have some sort of family connection with the children who are there at that school compound, it looks like everybody in that school, everybody, is being ushered out of there, and should be on their way to Yamoussoukro, which is where we understand earlier this morning that the U.S. troops landed there and may be staging to leave from there back into Ghana, and then from there, points elsewhere.
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So Saturday's inauguration in the political capital Yamoussoukro was more of a rally for supporters of the man who outlasted former president Laurent Gbabgo in the political crisis that followed November's vote.
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U.N. personnel who went to the airport in Yamoussoukro on Monday to investigate were turned away.
UN Accuses Belarus of Violating Ivory Coast Arms Embargo 2011
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U.N. personnel who went to the airport in Yamoussoukro on Monday to investigate were turned away.
UN Accuses Belarus of Violating Ivory Coast Arms Embargo 2011
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Clashes between Ouattara and Gbagbo supporters now have spread to the political capital, Yamoussoukro.
Civilians Flee Fighting in Ivory Coast's Commercial Capital 2011
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So Saturday's inauguration in the political capital Yamoussoukro was more of a rally for supporters of the man who outlasted former president Laurent Gbabgo in the political crisis that followed November's vote.
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The French struck the airbase in the capital, Yamoussoukro, soon after an air raid on Bouake hit the French peacekeepers.
Evelyn Leopold: Ivory Coast - Descent into Brutality and Civil War Evelyn Leopold 2011
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Mr. Ouattara's office says the president will have a formal inauguration in the political capital Yamoussoukro on May 21.
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The French struck the airbase in the capital, Yamoussoukro, soon after an air raid on Bouake hit the French peacekeepers.
Evelyn Leopold: Ivory Coast - Descent into Brutality and Civil War Evelyn Leopold 2011
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Mr. Ouattara's office says the president will have a formal inauguration in the political capital Yamoussoukro on May 21.
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May 16, 2012