<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Official name: Gabonese Republic</li><li>A republic in western equatorial Africa, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by the People's Republic of the Congo.</li><li>Area: 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km).</li><li>Libreville: an estuary in western Gabon, about 40 miles (65 km) long.</li></ul>