Definition of Gabun

1. Noun. A republic on the west coast of Africa.

Exact synonyms: Gabon, Gabonese Republic
Generic synonyms: African Country, African Nation
Terms within: Capital Of Gabon, Libreville
Group relationships: Africa
Member holonyms: Gabonese

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabun

Gabonese
Gabonese Republic
Gaboon ulcer
Gabor
Gaboriau
Gaborone
Gabriel
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Tellez
Gabriela
Gabriella
Gabrielle
Gabrovo
Gabun (current term)
Gaby
Gacrux
Gadaba
Gadamerian
Gadang
Gadarene
Gaddafi
Gaddum and Schild test
Gadhang
Gadhavi
Gadhelic
Gadidae
Gadiformes
Gaditanian

Literary usage of Gabun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Western Africa: Its History, Condition, and Prospects by John Leighton Wilson (1856)
"THE Pongo, or Gabun Coast, as it is now called, extends from the Kamerun Kiver, 4° north latitude, to Mayumba, 3° south latitude. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Returning to the Gabun by the lower Congo, de Brazza met Stanley. Both explorers were nominally ¡n the service of the International African Association (sec ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Dr Thomas Savage, a missionary at the Gabun, who sent Owen information with regard to the original skull, had, however, himself proposed the name ..."

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