Freetown

[free-toun]

noun

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

Freetown

/ ˈfriːˌtaʊn /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Isah was a renowned horologist and his contacts in Freetown and Dakar would call him to take a trip when they had enough watches for him to tend to.

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

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Rescuers in Sierra Leone are continuing to search for more survivors after a seven-storey building collapsed in the capital Freetown, killing at least eight people.

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His family moved to Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown, but the conflict followed them.

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The project in the Bombay suburb of the capital, Freetown, started in the past year when a group of people tried to help a colleague’s younger brother off the drug called kush.

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