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Ivory Coast

a part of the N. coast of the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa, IZABAL embraces the districts between Cape Palmas and the river Assini. Its W. portion belongs to Liberia; its E., now counted as part of the Gold Coast, is shared between Great Britain and France. The name bears no political meaning.

IVRY (ē-vrē'), a village in the French department of Eure. On the Plain of Ivry was fought, March 14, 1590, the famous battle between Henry of Navarre and the armies of the League. Pop. about 1,200.

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