Elfenbenskysten

Danish da: Proper noun da Ivory Coast Q1008 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Ivory Coast. thumb|Ivory Coast in Africa. thumb|The bus station and the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, the capital of Ivory Coast. Alternative forms nb Elfenbeinskysten Etymology From nb elfenben -s- kysten, literally “the ivory coast”. The alternative spelling nb Elfenbeinskysten instead contains the synonymous Bokmål form nb elfenbein ivory. The name belongs to a historical European naming tradition in which stretches of the West African coast were named after important commodities traded there. It refers to the historical trade in ivory along this part of the coast. Compare Portuguese pt Costa do Marfim Ivory Coast and French fr Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast. The precise language from which the Norwegian formation was immediately modelled is uncertain. The first element nb elfenben ivory is from nb de Elfenbein, ultimately from nb goh helfantbein elephant bone. The second element nb kysten the coast is the definite singular of nb kyst coast, from nb de Küste, from nb fro coste, ultimately from nb la costa side, rib. The name initially designated a stretch of the West African coast. It was subsequently applied to the French colony established in 1893 and was retained by the independent state in 1960. Parallel formations include da Elfenbenskysten, sv Elfenbenskusten, de Elfenbeinküste, nl Ivoorkust, fr Côte d'Ivoire and en Ivory Coast. Pronunciation nb /²ɛl.fən.beːnsˌçʏs.tən/ [ˈɛ̌l.fən.beːnsˌçʏs.tn̩] nb ʏstən 5 nb El fen bens kys ten Proper noun nb proper noun Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire; nb country r/West Africa cont/Africa Ivory Coast, on the Gulf of Guinea, with Yamoussoukro as its capital. nb Yamoussoukro er hovedstad i Elfenbenskysten, mens Abidjan er landets største by. Yamoussoukro is the capital of Ivory Coast, while Abidjan is the country's largest city. nb 3 July 2026 Morten Hagen Elfenbenskysten Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Elfenbenskysten Elfenbenskysten er et land ved Guineabukta i Vest-Afrika. Ivory Coast is a country on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20260821160532/https://snl.no/Elfenbenskysten 21 August 2026 nb historical Ivory Coast; a historical coastal region in West Africa, along the Gulf of Guinea, named for the ivory trade and corresponding approximately to the coast of the present-day country. nb 18 April 2016 Maren Sæbø Gullkysten Dagsavisen https://www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/gullkysten/7739479 Vestkysten av Afrika fikk navn etter hvilke råvarer som ble hentet ut – Pepperkysten, Gullkysten, Elfenbenskysten og Slavekysten. The west coast of Africa was named after the commodities extracted there – the Pepper Coast, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast and Slave Coast. https://web.archive.org/web/20260918172358/https://www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/gullkysten/7739479 18 September 2026 nb historical Ivory Coast; a former French colony in West Africa, established in 1893 and becoming independent as the modern state of Elfenbenskysten in 1960. nb 3 July 2026 Morten Hagen Elfenbenskysten Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Elfenbenskysten Elfenbenskysten var en fransk koloni fra 1893 og ble selvstendig republikk i 1960. Ivory Coast was a French colony from 1893 and became an independent republic in 1960. https://web.archive.org/web/20260821160532/https://snl.no/Elfenbenskysten 21 August 2026 Usage notes Both Elfenbenskysten and Elfenbeinskysten are standard Bokmål spellings. In Nynorsk, only Elfenbeinskysten is standard. The corresponding official Norwegian long forms are Republikken Elfenbenskysten and Republikken Elfenbeinskysten. The country's official French name is République de Côte d'Ivoire. In 1985, the government requested that the name Côte d'Ivoire be used without translation in all languages, and the United Nations subsequently adopted this usage. Norwegian official usage nevertheless retains the established forms Elfenbenskysten and Elfenbeinskysten. Related terms nb ivorianer a Ivorian nb ivoriansk Ivorian See also References “Elfenbenskysten” in Store norske leksikon. “Elfenbenskystens historie” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. “Elfenbenskysten – reiseinformasjon” at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Note verbale dated 6 November 1985” in the United Nations Digital Library. nb geographic and cultural areas of Africa nb former dependent territories nb exonyms