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Definition of Ivory coast

1. Noun. A republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa.

Definition of Ivory coast

1. Proper noun. A country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Côte d'Ivoire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ivory Coast

Literary usage of Ivory coast

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

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"... the south-western extremity of North Africa, whence the coast trends to the north-east, passed the "ivory coast,1" and reached what has ever since been ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"ivory coast, capital Bingerville 5. Dahomey, capital Porto-Novo 6. Civil territory of Mauretania The governor-general holds mandatory powers from the French ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... 350000; ivory coast, 800000; Liberia, 600000; Sierra Leone, 333000; French Guinea, l,50p,000; French, British, and Italian Somaliland, British East ..."

4. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Tbc ivory coast is situated on the Gulf of Guinea between 5° and 10" N and 3° and aW and b flanked on the West by Guinea and Liberia, on the North by Mall ..."

5. Western Africa: Its History, Condition, and Prospects by John Leighton Wilson (1856)
"ivory coast. Its Geographical Outlines.—Principal Native Settlements.—Its Trade in Palm-oil and Gold Dust. THIS part of the coast, according to most writers ..."

6. Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to by William Fordyce Mavor (1804)
"ivory coast. THE Ivory or Tooth Coast derives its appellation from the great ... and the ivory coast proper; in all of which, except near Cape Apollonia, ..."

7. The Influence of Tropical Climates on European Constitutions: To which is by James Johnson (1827)
"... in the lat. of 5° north, until it reaches the Rio Volta in 2° east longitude, where it terminates ; thus embracing an extent of 300 miles. ivory coast. ..."

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