Ivorian
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- noun
- /aɪˈvɔːriən/
- Many papers complained bitterly that the foreigners and the local rich were getting the best deals, and the average Ivorian would get stuck with the rest.
- percent of Ivorians
Examples
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By purchasing and wearing such textiles, Ivorians negotiate allegiances and define individual perceptions of identity on a daily basis.
Academic text (1994) -
In the last five to ten years, the importation of most antiquities into the United States from Mali has been controlled by Malians, Ivorians, or Senegalese.
Academic text (1995) -
42 "Ivorians want to become shareholders."
Academic text (1993) -
One of the critical tests now for all Ivorians is to embrace peace and build on its first steps toward prosperity.
Blog text (5) -
The Ivorians carefully balanced the sales so that roughly half the enterprises were sold to nationals.
Academic text (1993) -
In Ivory Coast, the US and its allies backed Ouattara, a man who has the blood of thousands of Ivorians on his hands.
Blog text (6) -
A worrying injury to Gervinho had the Ivorian stretchered off, which led to the introduction of the little Russian himself, Andrey Arshavin.
Blog text (5) -
Deduced ex post facto from the transactions analyzed, the operative rule in Abidjan seemed to be: "If possible, sell to native Ivorians; but also do not alienate foreign buyers." But a second rule
Academic text (1993) -
Olivier, a 21-year-old Ivorian, fled the town with his pregnant sister when Ouattara's soldiers arrived.
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Many Ivorian citizens joined the protest to demand better living conditions.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ivorian uses the same parts: Ivory Coast and -ian, so the word means 'a person from' Côte d'Ivoire because the country was named for the old ivory trade. So an Ivorian is someone born in or a citizen of Côte d'Ivoire.