gabon

n. republic in western Africa

History The earliest inhabitants of the area were Pygmy peoples. They were largely replaced and absorbed by Bantu tribes during Bantu migrations.French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza led his first mission to the Gabon-Congo area in 1875. He founded the town of Franceville, and was later colonial governor.Several Bantu groups occupied the area that is now Gabon when France occupied it in 1885. In 1910, Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa, a federation that survived until 1959. These territories became independent on August 17, 1960.
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Noun
1. a republic on the west coast of Africa
(synonym) Gabonese Republic, Gabun
(hypernym) African country, African nation
(part-holonym) Africa
(member-meronym) Gabonese
(part-meronym) Libreville, capital of Gabon

n. Gabon, republic in southwestern Africa

n. Gabon, republic in western Africa