Pantai Gading

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of pantai (“beach; coast, seashore, shore”) +‎ gading (“ivory”), calque of French Côte d'Ivoire.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌpantai̯ ˈɡadiŋ/ [ˌpan̪.t̪ai̯ ˈɡa.dɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -adiŋ
  • Syllabification: Pan‧tai Ga‧ding

Proper noun

Pantai Gading

  1. Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)

Usage notes

In October 1985, the Ivorian government requested that the country be known as Côte d'Ivoire in every language.

Further reading

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