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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of Equatorial Guinea in the Gulf of Guinea.
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- noun an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea
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I'd spent four years living in Africa--over two of them in Equatorial Guinea--and when I made the decision to "write a book," all I knew was that it was going to be fiction, and I would set a good portion of it on Bioko Island, off the west coast of Africa.
Taylor Stevens: On Writing 'The Informationist' and Coming from a Cult Background Taylor Stevens 2011
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I'd spent four years living in Africa--over two of them in Equatorial Guinea--and when I made the decision to "write a book," all I knew was that it was going to be fiction, and I would set a good portion of it on Bioko Island, off the west coast of Africa.
Taylor Stevens: On Writing 'The Informationist' and Coming from a Cult Background Taylor Stevens 2011
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There are also 14 species in common with just Mt. Cameroon and not Bioko, adding Andropadus montanus, Phyllastrephus poliocephalus, Laniarius atroflavus, Malaconotus gladiator, Cossypha isabellae, and the race Cisticola chubbi discolor (sometimes considered a separate species C. discolor).
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An additional nine montane endemics in common with Mt Cameroon and Bioko, these are Psalidoprocne fuliginosa, Andropadus tephrolaemus, Phyllastrephus poensis, Phylloscopus herberti, Urolais epichlora, Poliolais lopezi, Nectarinia oritis, Nectarinia ursulae, Nesocharis shelleyi.
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In addition to Malabo, other important cities include Luba (also on Bioko) and Bata and Ebebiyín (in Río Muni).
Equatorial Guinea The World Factbook 2008
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It includes the islands of Bioko (formerly Fernando Po), Annobón, Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico in the Gulf of Guinea, and Río Muni on the African mainland.
Equatorial Guinea The World Factbook 2008
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The opposition Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS) party's best result was in Luba district, in southern Bioko, where it had 0.7 percent of the vote.
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It also encompasses the Lower Guinea Forest Ecosystem, including western Nigeria, south-western Cameroon, the islands of Bioko and Pagalu (Equatorial Guinea), as well as São Tomé and Príncipe.
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At Moka, in the south of Bioko island, near Malabo, the PDGE got 100 percent of the vote.
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Malabo, situated on Bioko, is the capital and largest city.
Equatorial Guinea The World Factbook 2008
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