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by yread 1475 days ago
At least the coast-kuste and elefant hints are there. Other names are a complete mystery

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Pantai Gading

Norsunluurannikko

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Norsunluurannikko = elephants bone coast in finnish, likely direct translation from swedish or german.
Funny to note is that this sometimes goes wrong, i.e., in Dutch we have a Witte Neushoorn (White Rhino, or, White Nosehorn if you will), however, this Rhino is not white but it has a wide mouth and English people call (or called) it Wide Rhino... Somewhere someone misunderstood and now we have a White Rhino that is grey.
What names are "a complete mystery"? They're all literally the same name in different languages -- at least the ones you've listed.