Côte d'Ivoirian

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English

Etymology

From Côte d'Ivoire +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Côte d'Ivoirian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Côte d'Ivoire.
    Synonyms: Ivoirian, Ivorian
    • 1989, Financial Times Who’s Who in World Oil and Gas, →ISBN, page 12:
      Current appointment: Minister of Mines, Côte d’Ivoirian Ministry, 1986.
    • 1999, Black Meetings & Tourism, page 101:
      […] include attiéké, a popular Côte d’Ivoirian side dish, which bears a strong resemblance to couscous, except it’s made of grated cassava.
    • 2019, Rachel Murray, “Article 5: Respect of Dignity; Prohibition of Slavery and Torture and Other Forms of Ill-Treatment”, in The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: A Commentary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 138:
      Hence, where Côte d’Ivoire changed is nationality laws so that only those who had both parents of Côte d’Ivoirian nationality could themselves be nationals, the failure to grant nationality was considered ‘an injurious infringement of human dignity’ and ‘the highest form’ of the violation.

Translations

Noun

Côte d'Ivoirian (plural Côte d'Ivoirians)

  1. A person from Côte d'Ivoire.
    Synonyms: Ivoirian, Ivorian
    • 1946, Official Records, UN, page 20:
      […] organizing a forum for national reconciliation for all Côte d’Ivoirians.
    • 1981, C.U. News, page 4:
      The 7th annual Ife Book Fair, March 1 - 4 , 1982, was frequented by Chinese, Soviets, Côte d'Ivoirians, West Germans, Camerounians, and British, all of whom maintained booths, as did, of course, dozens of Nigerian publishers.
    • 1996, Omari H. Kokole, “Ethnic Conflicts Versus Development in Africa: Causes and Remedies”, in Luc van de Goor, Kumar Rupesinghe, Paul Sciarone, editors, Between Development and Destruction: An Enquiry into the Causes of Conflict in Post-Colonial States, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, part III (Ethnicity and Nationalism), chapter section “Political Conflicts”, page 133:
      Similarly, some Ghanaians accused their first President, Kwame Nkrumah, of being a Côte d’Ivoirian because his ethnic group, the Nzima people, happen to traverse the Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire border.

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