Cote D'Ivoire

  

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Cote D'Ivoire

Definition: Cote D'Ivoire

Cote D'Ivoire

Noun

1. A republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Cote D'Ivoire

Synonyms: Ivory Coast (n), Republic of Cote d'Ivoire (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cote D'Ivoire

Specialty definitions using "Cote d'Ivoire": Africa, WesternCI$. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Cote D'Ivoire" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (Cote d'ivoire (ci)).

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Commercial Usage: Cote D'Ivoire

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Books

  • Large Sample Distribution of Several Inequality Measures With Application to Cote D'Ivoire (Lsms Working Paper , No 61 (reference)

  • The Tradeoff Between Number of Children and Child Schooling: Evidence from Cote D'Ivoire and Ghana (Lsms Working Paper, No 112) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cote D'Ivoire

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Business

The late 1980s and the early 1990's saw increased investments in hotel construction in Cote d'Ivoire. (references)

The majority of tour operators come from Europe, which has traditional and historical ties with Cote d'Ivoire, and this part of Africa. (references)

Tourism and hotel infrastructure in Cote d'Ivoire, if compared to European standards, is under-developed but is above the average in Sub-Sahara Africa, excepted in South Africa. (references)

Children

Benin

Children are sent from poorer families to Cotonou and then some of the children are sent to Gabon, the Cote d'Ivoire, and the Central African Republic to help in markets and around the home. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cote d'Ivoire

The Government and the Union of Journalists of Cote d'Ivoire began work on new legislation that will decriminalize the press law. (references)

Liberia

The U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that, at year's end, there were approximately 81,000 Liberian refugees in Guinea, 120,000 in Cote d'Ivoire, 10,000 in Ghana, 7,000 in Sierra Leone, and 2,000 in Nigeria. (references)

Economic History

Cote d'Ivoire

In the summer of 2000, violence returned to Cote d'Ivoire. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The political system in Cote d'Ivoire is president-dominated. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

In year 2000, total imports to Cote d'Ivoire were estimated at USD 2.50 billion. (references)

Human Rights

Liberia

There were no further developments in the November 2000 attacks reportedly in northeastern Nimba, which resulted in numerous deaths; it was unclear whether the rebel incursion was from Guinea or Cote d'Ivoire. (references)

Seychelles

In July Simeon Ake, an Organization of African Unity's (OAU) representative from the Cote d'Ivoire, led a two-person delegation to the country from the Commission on Human and People's Rights; however, there was no report released publicly by year's end. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

Tensions continued in the west and the center of the country between ethnic Beoule Ivoirian natives and settlers from Burkina Faso and Mali, many of whom were born in Cote d'Ivoire or have lived in the country up to 30 years. (references)

Political Economy

Cote D'ivoire

The Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI) has 94 seats, and smaller parties and independent deputies have 28 seats. (references)

Mali

Children were trafficked into forced labor in Cote d'Ivoire; the Government returned a number of these children to their families during the year. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) won 96 of the 225 seats; the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI), the former ruling party, won 77; independent candidates won 17; and 4 other parties won a combined 7 seats. (references)

Trade

Cote D'ivoire

Additionally, U.K.-based Standard Chartered Bank opened a branch in Cote d'Ivoire in 2001. (references)

Chad

Chadian importers would have to use an approved bank in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin or Gabon. (references)

Tanzania

The African Development Bank (AFDB), headquartered in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, is an international financial institution created by Africans in 1963 to promote the economic and social development of its member African countries. (references)

Worker Rights

Burkina Faso

Children from Mali often are trafficked to Cote d'Ivoire. (references)

Burkina Faso

Destinations for trafficked Burkinabe children include Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria. (references)

Mali

During the year, more than 300 children were returned to their families from Cote d'Ivoire. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Cote D'Ivoire

Expressions using "Cote d'Ivoire": Cote d'Ivoire franc Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cote D'Ivoire

Language Translations for "Cote d'Ivoire"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Cote d'ivoire (Cote d'ivoire (ci)). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otecay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Cote D'Ivoire

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-c-d-e-e-i-i-o-o-r-t-v"

-3 letters: directive.

-4 letters: coderive, coeditor, dieretic, divorcee, dovecote, orective, overedit, revoiced, vectored.

-5 letters: codrive, codrove, cordite, coterie, covered, coveted, coveter, devoice, dictier, diorite, divorce, dovecot, eidetic, ericoid, evicted, evictor, ovicide, recited, revoice, revoted, riveted, tierced, verdict, veridic, vocoder.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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