[Fr. lee-bruh-veel] 
| a port in and the capital of Gabon, in the W part, on the Gulf of Guinea. 60,000. |
[ga-bawn] | 1. | Official name, Gabonese Republic. a republic in W equatorial Africa: formerly a part of French Equatorial Africa; member of the French Community. 1,190,159; 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville. |
| 2. | an estuary in W Gabon. ab. 40 mi. (65 km) long. |
| Li·bre·ville (lē'brə-vĭl', -vēl') The capital and largest city of Gabon, in the northwest part of the country on the Gulf of Guinea. Founded as a French trading post in 1843, it was named Libreville after freed slaves settled there (1848). Population: 578,000. |
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