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Example sentences for: ivoire

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It seems that the President-for-Life of Côte d'Ivoire, son Excellence Félix Houphouet-Boigny, is a confirmed and impassioned francophile, and seems intent on converting his agricultural nation into a sort of Paris-on-the-Guinea.
The franc appears in Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, French Guiana, Guinea, Malagasy, Rwanda, and as a common currency of the CFA (Communauté Francaise Africaine), comprising Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mali, Niger, People's Republic of the Congo, Senegal, and Togo.
Similarly, Brazil and Nicaragua have large differences in child mortality levels across income groups, but less individual-level inequality than Pakistan and Cote d'Ivoire.
Two examples of name changes which I find harder to accept are the new names for what used to be called Ivory Coast and Burma . Côte d'Ivoire, of course, is the literal French equivalent of Ivory Coast, and in other European languages that country has traditionally been called by a name which is the literal translation of the term (e.g.
To make a long story short, I am convinced that the PC-ness of Côte d'Ivoire arises out of President Houphouet-Boigny's desire to be seen as the leader of a linguistically and culturally French nation.