Gabon
English
Etymology 1
From Portuguese gabão (“cloak”), referring to the Komo estuary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈbɒn/
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Gabon
- A country in Central Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic. Capital: Libreville.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
Gabonese Republic
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
countries in Africa (appendix)edit
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Further reading
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Gabon
- A barangay of Calasiao, Pangasinan, Philippines.
- Coordinate terms: Ambonao, Ambuetel, Banaoang, Bued, Buenlag, Cabilocaan, Dinalaoan, Doyong, Gabon, Lasip, Longos, Lumbang, Macabito, Malabago, Mancup, Nagsaing, Nalsian, Poblacion East, Poblacion West, Quesban, San Miguel, San Vicente, Songkoy, Talibaew — barangays of Calasiao
- A barangay of Abucay, Bataan, Philippines.
- A barangay of Polangui, Albay, Philippines.
- Coordinate terms: Agos, Alnay, Alomon, Amoguis, Anopol, Apad, Balaba, Balangibang, Balinad, Basud, Binagbangan, Buyo, Centro Occidental, Centro Oriental, Cepres, Cotmon, Cotnogan, Danao, Gabon, Gamot, Itaran, Kinale, Kinuartilan, La Medalla, La Purisima, Lanigay, Lidong, Lourdes, Magpanambo, Magurang, Matacon, Maynaga, Maysua, Mendez, Napo, Pinagdapugan, Ponso, Salvacion, San Roque, Santa Cruz, Santa Teresita, Santicon, Sugcad, Ubaliw — barangays of Polangui
- A barangay of Talisay, Camarines Norte, Philippines.
- Coordinate terms: Binanuaan, Caawigan, Cahabaan, Calintaan, Del Carmen, Gabon, Itomang, Poblacion, San Francisco, San Isidro, San Jose, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz, Santa Elena, Santo Niño — barangays of Talisay
Anagrams
Breton
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ɡəˈβon]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡəˈbon]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈbon]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Proper noun
Gabon m
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Derived terms
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡabon]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Gabon m inan (relational adjective gabonský, demonym Gaboňan or Gabonec)
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
Declension of Gabon (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Gabon |
| genitive | Gabonu |
| dative | Gabonu |
| accusative | Gabon |
| vocative | Gabone |
| locative | Gabonu |
| instrumental | Gabonem |
Further reading
- “Gabon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Gabon n
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Finnish
Etymology
From Portuguese Gabão.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑbon/, [ˈɡɑ̝bo̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑbon
- Syllabification(key): Ga‧bon
- Hyphenation(key): Ga‧bon
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| Inflection of Gabon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Gabon | — | |
| genitive | Gabonin | — | |
| partitive | Gabonia | — | |
| illative | Gaboniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Gabon | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Gabon | — |
| gen. | Gabonin | ||
| genitive | Gabonin | — | |
| partitive | Gabonia | — | |
| inessive | Gabonissa | — | |
| elative | Gabonista | — | |
| illative | Gaboniin | — | |
| adessive | Gabonilla | — | |
| ablative | Gabonilta | — | |
| allative | Gabonille | — | |
| essive | Gabonina | — | |
| translative | Gaboniksi | — | |
| abessive | Gabonitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.bɔ̃/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Gabon m
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɒbon]
- Hyphenation: Ga‧bon
- Rhymes: -on
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa; official name: Gaboni Köztársaság)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Gabon | — |
| accusative | Gabont | — |
| dative | Gabonnak | — |
| instrumental | Gabonnal | — |
| causal-final | Gabonért | — |
| translative | Gabonná | — |
| terminative | Gabonig | — |
| essive-formal | Gabonként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Gabonban | — |
| superessive | Gabonon | — |
| adessive | Gabonnál | — |
| illative | Gabonba | — |
| sublative | Gabonra | — |
| allative | Gabonhoz | — |
| elative | Gabonból | — |
| delative | Gabonról | — |
| ablative | Gabontól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Gaboné | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Gabonéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Gabonom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Gabonod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Gabonja | — |
| 1st person plural | Gabonunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Gabonotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Gabonjuk | — |
Derived terms
- gaboni
See also
- Algéria
- Angola
- Benin
- Bissau-Guinea
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Comore-szigetek
- Csád
- Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
- Dél-Szudán
- Dzsibuti
- Egyenlítői-Guinea
- Egyiptom
- Elefántcsontpart
- Eritrea
- Etiópia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghána
- Guinea
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
- Kongói Köztársaság
- Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
- Lesotho
- Libéria
- Líbia
- Madagaszkár
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokkó
- Mauritánia
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namíbia
- Niger
- Nigéria
- Ruanda
- Seychelle-szigetek
- Sierra Leone
- São Tomé és Príncipe
- Szenegál
- Szomália
- Szudán
- Szváziföld
- Tanzánia
- Togo
- Tunézia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Zöld-foki Köztársaság
Interlingua
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Italian
Proper noun
Gabon m
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
Gabon
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bɔn/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -abɔn
- Syllabification: Ga‧bon
Proper noun
Gabon m inan (related adjective gaboński)
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
Declension of Gabon
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Gabon |
| genitive | Gabonu |
| dative | Gabonowi |
| accusative | Gabon |
| instrumental | Gabonem |
| locative | Gabonie |
| vocative | Gabonie |
Derived terms
See also
- Algieria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Czad
- Demokratyczna Republika Konga
- Dżibuti
- Egipt
- Erytrea
- Eswatini
- Etiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gwinea
- Gwinea Bissau
- Gwinea Równikowa
- Kamerun
- Kenia
- Komory
- Kongo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libia
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Maroko
- Mauretania
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Południowa Afryka
- Republika Środkowoafrykańska
- Republika Zielonego Przylądka
- Rwanda
- Sahara Zachodnia
- Senegal
- Seszele
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Południowy
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunezja
- Uganda
- Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
- Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Further reading
- Gabon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡǎboːn/
- Hyphenation: Ga‧bon
Proper noun
Gàbōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling Га̀бо̄н)
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡabɔn]
Proper noun
Gabon m inan (genitive singular Gabonu, declension pattern of dub)
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
References
- “Gabon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡàːbɔn/
Proper noun
Gabón m inan
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Gabón | |
| genitive | Gabóna | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Gabón | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Gabóna | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Gabónu | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Gabón | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Gabónu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Gabónom | |
Related terms
References
- “Gabon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “Gabon”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Swahili
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
See also
- Afrika Kusini
- Algeria ~ Aljeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Chad ~ Chadi
- Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
- Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
- Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
- Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
- Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
- Jibuti ~ Djibouti
- Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
- Kenya
- Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaska, Bukini
- Malawi, Unyasa
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Misri, Umisri
- Morisi
- Moroko ~ Maroko
- Msumbiji, Mozambik
- Mtakatifu Helena
- Namibia
- Niger ~ Nijeri
- Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
- Rwanda ~ Ruanda
- Réunion
- Sahara ya Magharibi
- Sao Tome na Principe
- Senegal ~ Senegali
- Shelisheli
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Kusini
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uswazi, Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabon n (genitive Gabons)
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Derived terms
See also
- Algeriet
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Centralafrikanska republiken
- Demokratiska republiken Kongo
- Djibouti
- Egypten
- Ekvatorialguinea
- Elfenbenskusten
- Eritrea
- Etiopien
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kap Verde
- Kenya
- Komorerna
- Kongo-Brazzaville
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyen
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marocko
- Mauretanien
- Mauritius
- Moçambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé och Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychellerna
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Sydafrika
- Sydsudan
- Tanzania
- Tchad
- Togo
- Tunisien
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
References
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Gabón (“Gabon”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡaˈbon/ [ɡɐˈbon̪]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: Ga‧bon
Proper noun
Gabón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜓᜈ᜔)
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Anagrams
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Gabon
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Gabon |
| accusative | Gabon'u |
| dative | Gabon'a |
| locative | Gabon'da |
| ablative | Gabon'dan |
| genitive | Gabon'un |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Gabon'um | Gabonlarım Gabon'larım |
| senin (your) | Gabon'un | Gabonların Gabon'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Gabon'u | Gabonları Gabon'ları |
| bizim (our) | Gabon'umuz | Gabonlarımız Gabon'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Gabon'unuz | Gabonlarınız Gabon'larınız |
| onların (their) | Gabon'u Gabonları Gabon'ları |
Gabonları Gabon'ları |
Derived terms
See also
- Angola
- Batı Sahra
- Benin
- Botsvana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cezayir
- Cibuti
- Çad
- Ekvator Ginesi
- Eritre
- Esvatini
- Etiyopiya
- Fas
- Fildişi Sahili
- Gabon
- Gambiya
- Gana
- Gine
- Gine-Bissau
- Güney Afrika
- Güney Sudan
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Komorlar
- Kongo Cumhuriyeti
- Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
- Lesotho
- Liberya
- Libya
- Madagaskar
- Malavi
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Mısır
- Moritanya
- Mozambik
- Namibya
- Nijer
- Nijeria
- Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
- Ruanda
- Senegal
- Seyşeller
- Sierra Leone
- Somali
- Sudan
- São Tomé ve Príncipe
- Tanzanya
- Togo
- Tunus
- Uganda
- Yeşil Burun
- Zambiya
- Zimbabve
Welsh
Proper noun
Gabon f
- Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
See also
- Angola
- Algeria
- Benin
- Botswana
- Bwrcina Ffaso
- Bwrwndi
- Cabo Verde
- Camerŵn
- Cenia
- De Affrica
- De Swdan
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gini
- Gini Bisaw
- Gini Gyhydeddol
- Gorllewin Sahara
- Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
- Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
- Gweriniaeth y Congo
- Jibwti
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libia
- Madagasgar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mawrisiws
- Mawritania
- Moroco
- Mosambic
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sambia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- Swdan
- São Tomé a Príncipe
- Tansania
- Tiwnisia
- Togo
- Tsiad
- Wganda
- y Comoros
- y Seychelles
- y Traeth Ifori
- yr Aifft