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Libreville
[ French lee-bruh-veel ]
noun
- a port in and the capital of Gabon, in the W part, on the Gulf of Guinea.
Libreville
/ librəvil /
noun
- the capital of Gabon, in the west on the estuary of the Gabon River: founded as a French trading post in 1843 and expanded with the settlement of freed slaves in 1848. Pop: 649 000 (2005 est)
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So we could but up anchor and proceed to Libreville, formerly the capital of the French Congo.
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It is easy to understand why with such a live wire in the vicinity Libreville is warm.
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Libreville is a very pretty town, but when it was laid out the surveyors just missed placing the Equator in its main street.
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For several days we lay a few miles south of Libreville, off the mouth of the Gabun River, taking in the logs of mahogany.
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It was an experiment the result of which the traders of Libreville are awaiting with interest.
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