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GA. Internet TLD. .ga. Gabon (/ ɡəˈbɒn / gə-BON; French pronunciation: [ɡabɔ̃] ⓘ), officially the Gabonese Republic, is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the ...
Languages of Gabon. French is the official language in Gabon, spoken natively in large metropolitan areas and in total by 320,000 people or 14% of the country. [1] 32% of the people speak Fang as a mother tongue. [2] French is the medium of instruction. Before World War II very few Gabonese learned French, nearly all of them working in either ...
Abyssinia, a former name: Uncertain meaning. Latinized in 1735 from a Portuguese corruption Abassia[ 39 ] of the Arabic al-Ḥabašah (الحبشة), [ 201 ] from Ge'ez Ḥabbaśā (ሐበሻ) or Ḥabaśā (ሐበሣ), first attested in 2nd- or 3rd-century engravings as Ḥbś or Ḥbštm (ሐበሠ), [ 202 ] of unknown origin.
Map of the indigenous languages of the Caribbean in 1492. This list is a compilation of the indigenous names that were given by Amerindian people to the caribbean islands before the Europeans started naming them. The islands of the Caribbean were successively settled since at least around 5000 BC, long before European arrival in 1492.
The meanings of Khmer names are generally very simple and reference positive attributes. Cambodian people are called by their given names without a title (informal) or by their given names with a title (formal); the full name, including both family name and given name is often used [ 2 ] [ 7 ] (Surnames are used as a form of address, however ...
The city's name is derived from the Sanskrit word: उत्तुङ्ग uttuṅga, meaning "supreme." Lovek (1528–1566 and 1576–1594): Derived from Khmer ល្អូវអែ.្ក, meaning "intersection" or "crossroads." Pursat (16th century–1528): Derived from a type of tree. Another theory is that the name "Pursat" is derived ...
David (name) David is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. Its popularity derives from the initial oral tradition (Oral Torah) and recorded use related to King David, a central figure in the Torah and foundational to Judaism, and subsequently significant in the religious traditions of Christianity and Islam.
The evolution of languages or history of language includes the evolution, divergence and development of languages throughout time, as reconstructed based on glottochronology, comparative linguistics, written records and other historical linguistics techniques. The origin of language is a hotly contested topic, with some languages tentatively ...