Elfenbeinküste

German

Etymology

Elfenbein (“ivory”) +‎ Küste (“coast”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.fən.baɪ̯nˌkʏs.tə/, [ˈʔɛl.fm̩.baɪ̯nˌkʏs.tə], [ˈʔɛl.fən-], [-baɪ̯ŋ-]
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Hyphenation: El‧fen‧bein‧küs‧te

Proper noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)
Synonym: (rare, officialese) Côte d'Ivoire

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

See also

Further reading

“Elfenbeinküste” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Elfenbeinküste” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Elfenbeinküste” in Duden online
Elfenbeinküste on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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