Côte d'Ivoire

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• A country of western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. Divided into various isolated kingdoms at the time of European discovery in the 15th century, it was organized as a French colony in 1893, became a part of French West Africa in 1904, and declared its independence in 1960. Yamoussoukro is the capital and Abidjan is the largest city and de facto administrative center.

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• proper noun The preferred name of Ivory Coast.