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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A country of west-central Africa on the Atlantic Ocean. Previously inhabited by Pygmy and then Bantu-speaking peoples, the region was visited by the Portuguese in 1472 and settled by the French in 1841. It became part of French Equatorial Africa in 1910 and achieved independence in 1960. Libreville is the capital.
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- proper noun Country in Western Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic.
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- noun a republic on the west coast of Africa
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Examples
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Seems I always root for the dysfunctional tribe (like Fang in Gabon, Timbira in Tocantins, Zhan Hu in China, and Ravu in Fiji).
Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Samoa': episode #5 | EW.com 2009
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… All of Gabon is humiliated beyond any consideration.
Global Voices in English » Paris court investigates three African leaders 2009
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" about Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" About Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" About Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" About Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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Tropic Moon by Georges Simenon, 1933 Georges Simenon spent only a short time in Gabon during a two-month African journey in the summer of 1932, but he was able to turn the experience into a devastating sketch of French Equatorial decadence, stripped of exoticism, punctuated by adultery and murder, and palpably suffused with boredom, petty resentment and moral squalor.
International Crime Fiction Geoffrey O'Brien 2010
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In 1992, while touring Africa with his then-wife, Lisa Marie Presley, Jackson was given the royal title by villagers and King Nana Amon Ndoufou IV in Gabon, Ivory Coast.
Five Things You Might Not Have Known About Michael Jackson | myFiveBest 2009
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New Liturgical Movement: Personal Parish for the Institute of Christ the King in Gabon skip to main | skip to sidebar
Personal Parish for the Institute of Christ the King in Gabon 2009
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" About Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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