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IVORY COAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa
Synonyms:
Cote d'Ivoire; Ivory Coast; Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Ivory Coast"):
Abidjan (city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast)
Holonyms ("Ivory Coast" is a part of...):
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)