Pantai Gading
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of French Côte d’Ivoire as pantai (“coast”) + gading (“ivory”).
Proper noun[edit]
- Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)
Usage notes[edit]
In October 1985 the government requested that the country be known as Côte d'Ivoire in every language. Read more at Wikipedia.