Elfenbeinküste
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of French Côte d’Ivoire: Elfenbein (“ivory”) + Küste (“coast”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɛl.fən.baɪ̯nˌkʏs.tə/, [ˈʔɛl.fm̩.baɪ̯nˌkʏs.tə], [ˈʔɛl.fən-], [-baɪ̯ŋ-]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: El‧fen‧bein‧küs‧te
Proper noun
[edit]die Elfenbeinküste f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Elfenbeinküste)
- Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)
- Synonym: (rare, officialese) Côte d'Ivoire
Declension
[edit]Declension of Elfenbeinküste [sg-only, feminine]
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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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