Gabon

Type Country
Usage English, French, Italian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay
Scripts Габон(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced Pron. /ɡə.ˈbɑn/(English) /ɡa.bɔ̃/(French) /ˈɡɒ.bon/(Hungarian) /ɡɐ.ˈbon/(Russian) /ˈɡa.bɔn/(Polish)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from Portuguese gabão meaning "cloak, overcoat", referring to the shape of the Gabon Estuary. This is the name of a country on the western coast of central Africa.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesGaboen(Afrikaans) Habon(Belarusian) Gabón(Galician) Gabun(German) Gabona(Latvian) Gabonas(Lithuanian) Gabão(Portuguese) Gabón(Spanish) Habon(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingGabón
Entry updated April 23, 2024