Pantai Gading
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Calque of French Côte d’Ivoire as pantai (“coast”) + gading (“ivory”).
Proper noun edit
- Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)
Usage notes edit
In October 1985 the government requested that the country be known as Côte d'Ivoire in every language. Read more at Wikipedia.