Elfenbeinküste
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Etymology
Calque of French Côte d’Ivoire: Elfenbein (“ivory”) + Küste (“coast”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| def. | noun | |
| nominative | die | Elfenbeinküste |
| genitive | der | Elfenbeinküste |
| dative | der | Elfenbeinküste |
| accusative | die | Elfenbeinküste |
Declension of Elfenbeinküste [sg-only, feminine]
See also
See also
- (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik (Category: de:Countries in Africa)
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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