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Sierra Leone
[ lee-oh-nee, lee-ohn ]
noun
- an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). : Freetown.
Sierra Leone
/ sɪˈɛərə lɪˈəʊnɪ; lɪˈəʊn /
noun
- a republic in W Africa, on the Atlantic: became a British colony in 1808 and gained independence (within the Commonwealth) in 1961; declared a republic in 1971; became a one-party state in 1978; multiparty democracy restored in 1991 but military rule was imposed following a coup in 1992, which led to civil unrest; consists of coastal swamps rising to a plateau in the east. Official language: English. Religion: Muslim majority and animist. Currency: leone. Capital: Freetown. Pop: 5 612 685 (2013 est). Area: 71 740 sq km (27 699 sq miles)
Sierra Leone
- Republic in western Africa , bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea to the north and east, and Liberia to the south. Freetown is its capital and largest city.
Notes
Other yvlog Forms
- Sierra Le·one·an [lee-, oh, -nee-, uh, n], noun
Example Sentences
Dutch authorities say one of Europe's most-wanted fugitives has been living in Sierra Leone for about six months.
He received the OBE for services to "the UK's Emergency Health Response overseas" having responded to various humanitarian crises including Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine and the world's worst Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone in 2014.
Sierra Leone finally becomes a winner, charging ahead of Fierceness to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic on a day marred by the death of a horse in another race.
His father would travel all over West Africa for six months at a time - from Senegal to Sierra Leone - fixing timepieces.
The unnamed girl, from Sierra Leone, told them she had set off with another 44 people from Sfax in Tunisia.
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