Côte d’Ivoire is the official name of the West African country commonly referred to in English as Ivory Coast. As a proper noun, it denotes a nation with French colonial heritage, and is used in formal, diplomatic, and academic contexts. The spelling includes diacritics and apostrophes that influence pronunciation, and the phrase is typically produced as a unit in speech. When used in English, it is often shortened to Ivory Coast in casual contexts.
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