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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A country of west-central Africa including islands in the Gulf of Guinea. Originally inhabited by Pygmy and Bantu peoples, it was settled by the Portuguese after 1472. Portugal ceded the largest island (Bioko) to Spain in 1778, and the mainland territory (Río Muni) came under Spanish rule in 1885. This colony, known as Spanish Guinea, gained independence in 1968. Malabo is the capital and the largest city.
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- proper noun Country in
Western Africa . Official name:Republic of Equatorial Guinea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968
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He says that during the most difficult moments of the past, writers were documenting what he calls Equatorial Guinea's memory of silence, and that his generation has now to write a memory of the oil boom.
BBC News - Home 2012
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The African Union will hold a summit later this week in Equatorial Guinea, which is also not an ICC member.
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PS I mean that the parallel between mortgage rates in the USA, which are based on clear and stable property rights and enforceable mortgages within the framework of a working system, and the estimated rate applicable to 20 year long contracts with a sovereign entity if you can call Equatorial Guinea a working sovereign state-like entity, which in my opinion is not and will never be in an unstable continent, etc.
Oil Company Speculators, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In the chapter titled "Plunder" you discuss your inevitable expulsion from Equatorial Guinea, which is one of the most censored countries in the world behind only North Korea, Burma and Turkmenistan.
Adriana Dunn: Crude World: An Interview with Peter Maass 2009
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A U.S. diplomat calls Equatorial Guinea's dictator of 31 years one of "the good guys" in leaked diplomatic cables urging Washington to engage with its third largest oil supplier or risk endangering energy security.
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JOHANNESBURG - A U.S. diplomat calls Equatorial Guinea's dictator of 31 years one of "the good guys" in leaked diplomatic cables urging Washington to engage with its third largest oil supplier or risk endangering energy security.
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Spanish Guinea (former name Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 E for Equatorial Guinea)
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Guinea Ecuatorial (local name Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 E for Equatorial Guinea)
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Spanish Guinea (former name Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 E for Equatorial Guinea)
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Guinea Ecuatorial (local name Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 E for Equatorial Guinea)
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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