Gabon

See also: gabon, Gabón, Gabòn, Gabōn, Gaboń, Gaboŋ, and Gàbọ̀n

English

Etymology

From Portuguese gabão (“cloak”), referring to the Komo estuary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbɒn/
• Rhymes: -ɒn

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Proper noun

Gabon

2. A country in Western Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Translations

Gabonese Republic

• Afrikaans: Gabon
• Albanian: Gabon m
• Amharic: ጋቦን (gabon)
• Arabic: اَلْغَابُون‎ m (al-ḡabūn)

  Hijazi Arabic: الغابون‎ f (al-ḡabōn), القابون‎ f (al-gābōn)

• Armenian: Գաբոն (hy) (Gabon)
• Azerbaijani: Qabon (az)
• Belarusian: Габо́н m (Habón)
• Bengali: গাবন (bn) (gabon)
• Breton: Gabon
• Bulgarian: Габо́н m (Gabón)
• Burmese: ဂါဘွန် (gabhwan)
• Catalan: Gabon (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加蓬 (zh) (Jiāpéng) (Mainland China), 加彭 (zh) (Jiāpéng) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Gabon (cs) m
• Danish: Gabon
• Dutch: Gabon (nl) n
• Esperanto: Gabono (eo)
• Estonian: Gabon (et)
• Finnish: Gabon (fi)
• French: Gabon (fr)
• Galician: Gabón (gl)
• Georgian: გაბონი (ka) (gaboni)
• German: Gabun (de) n
• Greek: Γκαμπόν (el) f (Gkampón)
• Hausa: Gabon
• Hindi: गबोन (gabon)
• Hungarian: Gabon (hu)
• Icelandic: Gabon (is)
• Interlingua: Gabon
• Irish: An Ghabúin f
• Italian: Gabon (it)
• Japanese: ガボン (ja) (Gabon)
• Kalenjin: Gabon
• Kamba: Gabon
• Kazakh: Габон (kk) (Gabon)
• Khmer: ហ្គាបុង (gaabong)
• Kikuyu: Gabon
• Korean: 가봉 (ko) (Gabong)
• Kyrgyz: Габон (Gabon)
• Latvian: Gabona f
• Lithuanian: Gabonas (lt) m
• Luhya: Gabon
• Luo: Gabon
• Macedonian: Габон (mk) m (Gabon)
• Maltese: Gabon
• Maori: Kāpona
• Meru: Gabon
• Mongolian: Габон (mn) (Gabon)
• Navajo: Gabǫ́ǫ́
• Norman: Gabon m
• Norwegian: Gabon (no)
• Persian: گابن‎ (gâbon)
• Polish: Gabon (pl)
• Portuguese: Gabão (pt)
• Romanian: Gabon (ro) n
• Russian: Габо́н (ru) m (Gabón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Габон m

  Roman: Gabon (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ගැබොන් (gæbon)
• Slovak: Gabon (sk) m
• Slovene: Gabon (sl) m
• Spanish: Gabón (es) m
• Swahili: Gaboni (sw)
• Swedish: Gabon (sv)
• Tagalog: Gabon (tl)
• Tajik: Габон (tg) (Gabon)
• Thai: กาบอง (th) (gaa-bɔng)
• Turkish: Gabon (tr)
• Turkmen: Gabon
• Ukrainian: Габо́н (uk) m (Habón)
• Uzbek: Gabon (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ga-bông
• Yoruba: Gabon

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, 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 ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Gabon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bogan, bogan, goban, obang

Breton

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in West Africa)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbon/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbon/

• Audio (Valencian)

  (file)

Proper noun

Gabon m

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

• gabonès

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡabon]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Gabon m inan (related adjective gabonský, demonym Gaboňan or Gabonec)

1. Gabon (a country in West Africa; capital: Libreville)

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

Danish

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in West Africa)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Gabon n

1. Gabon (a country in West Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Gabão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑbon/, [ˈɡɑ̝bo̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑbon
• Syllabification^(key): Ga‧bon

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in 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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Gabonitta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Gabon (type paperi)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Gabonini — accusative nom. Gabonini — gen. Gabonini genitive Gabonini — partitive Gaboniani — inessive Gabonissani — elative Gabonistani — illative Gaboniini — adessive Gabonillani — ablative Gaboniltani — allative Gabonilleni — essive Gaboninani — translative Gabonikseni — instructive — — abessive Gabonittani — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Gabonisi — accusative nom. Gabonisi — gen. Gabonisi genitive Gabonisi — partitive Gaboniasi — inessive Gabonissasi — elative Gabonistasi — illative Gaboniisi — adessive Gabonillasi — ablative Gaboniltasi — allative Gabonillesi — essive Gaboninasi — translative Gaboniksesi — instructive — — abessive Gabonittasi — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Gabonimme — accusative nom. Gabonimme — gen. Gabonimme genitive Gabonimme — partitive Gaboniamme — inessive Gabonissamme — elative Gabonistamme — illative Gaboniimme — adessive Gabonillamme — ablative Gaboniltamme — allative Gabonillemme — essive Gaboninamme — translative Gaboniksemme — instructive — — abessive Gabonittamme — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Gaboninne — accusative nom. Gaboninne — gen. Gaboninne genitive Gaboninne — partitive Gabonianne — inessive Gabonissanne — elative Gabonistanne — illative Gaboniinne — adessive Gabonillanne — ablative Gaboniltanne — allative Gabonillenne — essive Gaboninanne — translative Gaboniksenne — instructive — — abessive Gabonittanne — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Gaboninsa — accusative nom. Gaboninsa — gen. Gaboninsa genitive Gaboninsa — partitive Gaboniaan Gaboniansa — inessive Gabonissaan Gabonissansa — elative Gabonistaan Gabonistansa — illative Gaboniinsa — adessive Gabonillaan Gabonillansa — ablative Gaboniltaan Gaboniltansa — allative Gabonilleen Gabonillensa — essive Gaboninaan Gaboninansa — translative Gabonikseen Gaboniksensa — instructive — — abessive Gabonittaan Gabonittansa — comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.bɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Gabon m

1. Gabon (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• Gabonais
• gabonais

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒbon]
• Hyphenation: Ga‧bon
• Rhymes: -on

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	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	—

Possessive forms of Gabon
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

Interlingua

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

Italian

Proper noun

Gabon m

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

• gabonese

Anagrams

• bagno, bagnò

Japanese

Romanization

Gabon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ガボン

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

Related terms

• gaboner
• gabonsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

Related terms

• gabonar
• gabonsk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.bɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -abɔn
• Syllabification: Ga‧bon

Proper noun

Gabon m

1. Gabon (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Gabon

	singular	plural
nominative	Gabon	Gabony
genitive	Gabonu	Gabonów
dative	Gabonowi	Gabonom
accusative	Gabon	Gabony
instrumental	Gabonem	Gabonami
locative	Gabonie	Gabonach
vocative	Gabonie	Gabony

Derived terms

adjective

• gaboński

 

nouns

• Gabonka
• Gabończyk

 

Further reading

• Gabon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Gabon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎboːn/
• Hyphenation: Ga‧bon

Proper noun

Gàbōn m (Cyrillic spelling Га̀бо̄н)

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡabon]

Proper noun

Gabon m inan (genitive singular Gabonu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

References

• Gabon in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swahili

Alternative forms

• Gaboni

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Swedish

Proper noun

Gabon n (genitive Gabons)

1. Gabon (a country in Central Africa)

Derived terms

• gabones
• gabonesisk

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Gabón (“Gabon”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ga‧bon
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbon/, [ɡɐˈbon]

Proper noun

Gabón

1. Gabon (a country in Central Africa)

Turkish

Proper noun

Gabon

1. Gabon (a country in Africa)

Declension

declension of Gabon

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Gabon
accusative (belirtme)	Gabon'u
dative (yönelme)	Gabon'a
locative (bulunma)	Gabon'da
ablative (çıkma)	Gabon'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	Gabon'un

    possessive of Gabon

	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

• Gabonlu

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; 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, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}