Question

Cote d'Ivoire is a country in West Africa. The name translates to the Ivory Coast in English. Why do you think

the country has a French name?

Answer 1

It was a French colony

Step-by-step explanation:

Although discovered first by the Portuguese, the French were the ones who colonized and controlled the Ivory Coast, so therefore the name is French. To this day many Ivory Coast natives speak French or have French accents.