Freetown
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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We are at the family's farm, around an hour's drive from the Presidential Lodge in Freetown, where she usually lives with her husband.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
She was held somewhere on the outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital, for about a year before it dawned on her that the job would never be forthcoming.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
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
As we drove into Freetown, the field-worker introduced himself: “My name is Leslie, it is a pleasure to meet you gentlemen.”
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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