name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˌæb.ɪˈd͡ʒɑn/
US:/ˌæb.əˈd͡ʒɑn/
US:/ˈæb.əˌd͡ʒɑn/
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1
name
Meaning 1
The de facto capital and largest city of Ivory Coast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center
History
Etymology
From the Ebrié expression min-chan m'bidjan (literally “I just cut the leaves”).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Amharic:
አቢጃን
(ʾäbiǧan)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Arabic:
أَبِيدْجَان
(ʔabīdjān)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Armenian:
Աբիջան
(Abiǰan)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Azerbaijani:
Abican
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Basque:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Belarusian:
Абіджа́н
(Abidžán)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Bulgarian:
Абиджа̀н
(Abidžàn)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Catalan:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Chinese Mandarin:
阿比讓 /阿比让
(Ābǐràng)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Chinese Mandarin:
阿必尚
(Ābǐshàng)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Czech:
Abidžan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Danish:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Dutch:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Esperanto:
Abiĝano
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Estonian:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Finnish:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
French:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Galician:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Georgian:
აბიჯანი
(abiǯani)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
German:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Greek:
Αμπιντζάν
(Ampintzán)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Hebrew:
אביג׳אן
(abig'an)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Hindi:
आबिदजान
(ābidjān)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Hungarian:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Ido:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Indonesian:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Italian:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Japanese:
アビジャン
(Abijan)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Kazakh:
Абиджан
(Abidjan)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Korean:
아비장
(abijang)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Kyrgyz:
Абиджан
(Abidjan)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Latvian:
Abidžāna
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Lithuanian:
Abidžanas
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Macedonian:
Абиџан
(Abidžan)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Maltese:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Norwegian:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Occitan:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Persian:
آبیجان
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Polish:
Abidżan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Portuguese:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Portuguese:
Abijão
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Portuguese:
Abijã
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Romanian:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Russian:
Абиджа́н
(Abidžán)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Serbo-Croatian:
Абиџан
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Serbo-Croatian:
Абидјан
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Serbo-Croatian:
Abidžan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Serbo-Croatian:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Slovak:
Abidžan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Slovene:
Abidžan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Spanish:
Abiyán
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Swahili:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Swedish:
Abidjan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Thai:
อาบีจาน
(aa-bii-jaan)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Turkish:
Abican
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Turkmen:
Abijan
— the largest city of Ivory Coast
Ukrainian:
Абіджа́н
(Abidžán)
— the largest city of Ivory Coast