Main Entry:

Ga·bon

Pronunciation:

\gä-ˈbōⁿ\

Function:

geographical name

1or Ga·boon or Ga·bun \gə-ˈbün, ga-\ river NW Gabon flowing into the Atlantic through long wide estuary2country W Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a territory of French Equatorial Africa, since 1958 a republic ∗ Libreville area 102,317 square miles (265,001 square kilometers), population 1,280,000

— Gab·o·nese \ˌga-bə-ˈnēz, -ˈnēs\ adjective or noun