Pantai Gading
Appearance
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of French Côte d'Ivoire as pantai (“beach; coast, seashore, shore”) + gading (“ivory”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌpantai̯ ˈɡadiŋ/ [ˌpan̪.t̪ai̯ ˈɡa.dɪŋ]
- Rhymes: -adiŋ
- Syllabification: Pan‧tai Ga‧ding
Proper noun
[edit]- Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)
Usage notes
[edit]In October 1985, the Ivorian government requested that the country be known as Côte d'Ivoire in every language.
Further reading
[edit]- “Pantai Gading” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.