Gabon is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gabon meaning
A country in Central Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic. Capital: Libreville.
Synonyms of Gabon
Using Gabon
- The main meaning on this page is: A country in Central Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic. Capital: Libreville.
- Useful related words include: gabonese republic, gabun, african country, african nation.
- In the example corpus, gabon often appears in combinations such as: in gabon, of gabon, the gabon.
Context around Gabon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gabon
- In this selection, "gabon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, green, service, industrial, emergent, service and becomes stand out and add context to how "gabon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a gabon flagged commercial and and industrial gabon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gabon" sits close to words such as airship, anal and andrei, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gabon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ali Bongo: Who Is Gabon’s President Arrested In Army Coup? (11 words)
Gabon is located in west-central Africa along the Atlantic Coast. (11 words)
It is questionable whether Gabon had democratic rule in the past. (11 words)
A Gabon-flagged commercial crude oil tanker with 25 Indian crew members also came under a drone attack in the Southern Red Sea on Saturday but no one was injured, according to Indian officials and the US military. (38 words)
Earlier in the day, Gabon Transport Minister Bryce Pilot had submitted his resignation letter to President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who accepted it, pointing to the president in a press release without mentioning the sinking. (34 words)
Information Nigeria reports that in the last two months, the military had taken over democratically elected governments in Gabon and Niger Republic citing poor leadership and mismanagement of the countries’ resources as takeover reasons. (34 words)
Ali Bongo: Who Is Gabon’s President Arrested In Army Coup? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
This program contains three pillars: Green Gabon, Service Gabon, and Industrial Gabon.
Ethnically, the biggest group in Gabon are the Fang people with over 500,000 people, or about a third of Gabon's population, belonging to this ethnic group.
In November 2009, President Bongo Ondimba announced a new vision for the modernization of Gabon, called "Gabon Emergent".
The goals of Gabon Emergent are to diversify the economy so that Gabon becomes less reliant on petroleum, to eliminate corruption, and to modernize the workforce.
After missing clear goal-scoring opportunities, Gabon were punished when the referee awarded Niger a penalty after Urie Michel Mboula fouled Abdoul Salam Boulhassane, which was perfectly connected by Aboud Moumouni.
A Gabon-flagged commercial crude oil tanker with 25 Indian crew members also came under a drone attack in the Southern Red Sea on Saturday but no one was injured, according to Indian officials and the US military.
Ali Bongo: Who Is Gabon’s President Arrested In Army Coup?
Also reacting to the current situation, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Paris was following events in Gabon with the greatest attention.
As well as voting for their choice of president and MPs, the people of Gabon were also choosing mayors and local councillors.
Brice Oligui Nguema (right) is the leader of the coup in Gabon who ousted Ali Bongo.
BW’s MaBoMo rig was provided by the UAE’s Lamprell and arrived in Gabon last September to undergo installation and hook-up.
DR Congo and Mauritania are the likely qualifiers as they will have home advantage over Sudan and Gabon, respectively.
Earlier in the day, Gabon Transport Minister Bryce Pilot had submitted his resignation letter to President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who accepted it, pointing to the president in a press release without mentioning the sinking.
Gabon is located in west-central Africa along the Atlantic Coast.
Gabon is rich in natural resources such as timber, manganese and oil and it’s the fifth largest oil producing nation in Africa, which has helped drive its strong growth.
He expressed a broader concern for the people of Gabon and all people who have experienced violations of their rights as a result of recent military coups.
Information Nigeria reports that in the last two months, the military had taken over democratically elected governments in Gabon and Niger Republic citing poor leadership and mismanagement of the countries’ resources as takeover reasons.
In one video obtained by CNN, people can be seen shouting “liberated!” and waving the Gabon flag in the Nzeng Ayong district of the capital, alongside military vehicles.
It is questionable whether Gabon had democratic rule in the past.
Macron called for opening a “new era” in a speech at the Elysee presidential palace, ahead of an ambitious trip on Wednesday to Gabon, Angola, the Republic of Congo and Congo.
Common combinations with gabon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in gabon 22×
- of gabon 22×
- the gabon 13×
- gabon and 11×
- to gabon 10×
- gabon has 9×
- gabon international 8×
- gabon is 7×
- gabon in 7×
- gabon striker 5×