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Freetown

American

[free-toun] / ˈfriˌtaʊn /

noun

a seaport in and the capital of Sierra Leone, in W Africa.

Freetown British

/ ˈfriːˌtaʊn /

noun

the capital and chief port of Sierra Leone: founded in 1787 for slaves freed and destitute in England. Pop: 1 007 000 (2005 est)

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Reider met Green when he was 17 years old at the Lakka Government Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2025

When I moved to Nigeria, I mandated relatives to bring me care packages from Abidjan or Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

Memunatu Kamara, 49, sells smoked fish at a market in Freetown, providing the main income for her family of six.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024

In the city of Makeni, a three-hour drive east of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a young mother sits outside her home with her three-year-old daughter.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2024

I left Freetown early in the morning of the seventh day after my uncle passed away.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

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