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gabon

UK/ɡəˈbɒn/US/ɡəˈbɒn/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,243 of 15,258mostly written

Gabon is a central African country on the middle line of the Earth, rich in rainforest. Travel to Gabon, northern Gabon, the coast of Gabon.

Nearly nine tenths of it is forest and about an eighth is national park, a decision taken in one go in 2002. It sits on the equator and has one of the smallest populations in Africa for its size. Oil pays for most of the state.

Definitions of gabon

  1. 1noungabonA country in central Africa.C1

    “Libreville, the capital of Gabon, sits on the Atlantic coast.”

gabon is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Portuguese

    gabão — cloak

  2. English

    Gabon

  3. English, today

    gabon

Gabon comes from Portuguese gabão (“cloak”), referring to the Komo estuary.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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