n.
Pronunciation: gä- ' b ō n
Function: geographical name
1 or Ga · boon or Ga · bun \ g ə - ' bün, ga- \ river NW Gabon flowing into the Atlantic through long wide estuary
2 country W Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a territory of French Equatorial Africa, since 1958 a republic capital Libreville area 102,317 sq mi (265,001 sq km ), pop 1,280,000
– Gab · o · nese \ ˌ ga-b ə - ' n ē z, - ' n ē s \ adjective or noun