Proper Name guide

Abidjan

name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌæb.ɪˈd͡ʒɑn/
  • US: /ˌæb.əˈd͡ʒɑn/
  • US: /ˈæb.əˌd͡ʒɑn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 B IH0 JH AA1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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
  • Uzbek: Abijan — the largest city of Ivory Coast
  • Yoruba: Abíjan — the largest city of Ivory Coast