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Gabon

Syllabification: (Ga·bon)

Pronunciation: /gäˈbôN/

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Definition of Gabon

a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic coast; population 1,515,000 (est. 2009); capital, Libreville; languages, French (official) and West African languages.

Gabon became a French territory in 1888. Part of French Equatorial Africa from 1910 to 1958, it declared independence in 1960