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Definition of Gabun
1. Noun. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
Generic synonyms: African Country, African Nation
Terms within: Capital Of Gabon, Libreville
Group relationships: Africa
Member holonyms: Gabonese
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabun
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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