▁Coast " ▁( present - day ▁Liber ia ), ▁a ▁" G old ▁Coast " ▁( G h ana ), ▁and ▁a ▁" S lave ▁Coast " ▁( T ogo , ▁Ben in ▁and ▁Niger ia ). ▁Like ▁those , ▁the ▁name ▁" I v ory ▁Coast " ▁reflected ▁the ▁major ▁trade ▁that ▁occurred ▁on ▁that ▁particular ▁stretch ▁of ▁the ▁coast : ▁the ▁export ▁of ▁iv ory . ▁ ▁Other ▁names ▁included ▁the ▁C ô te ▁de ▁D ents , ▁literally ▁" Co ast ▁of ▁Te eth ", ▁again ▁reflect ing ▁the ▁trade ▁in ▁iv ory ; ▁the ▁C ô te ▁de ▁Qu aqu a , ▁after ▁the ▁people ▁whom ▁the ▁Dutch ▁named ▁the ▁Qu aqu a ▁( altern atively ▁K wa ▁K wa ); ▁the ▁Coast ▁of ▁the ▁Five ▁and ▁Six ▁St ri pes , ▁after ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁cot ton ▁fabric ▁also ▁trad ed ▁there ; ▁and ▁the ▁C ô te ▁du ▁Vent , ▁the ▁Wind ward ▁Coast , ▁after ▁per enn ial ▁local ▁off - sh ore ▁weather ▁conditions . ▁One ▁can ▁find ▁the ▁name ▁C ote ▁de ( s ) ▁D ents ▁regularly ▁used ▁in ▁older ▁works . ▁It ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁D uck ett ' s ▁D iction naire ▁ ▁and ▁by ▁Nicolas ▁Villa ult ▁de ▁Belle f ond , ▁for ▁example , ▁although ▁Antoine ▁François ▁Pr év ost ▁used ▁C ô te ▁d ' I vo ire . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁usage ▁switched ▁to ▁C ô te ▁d ' I vo ire