Monrovia
[muh n-roh-vee-uh]
- a seaport in and the capital of Liberia, in W Africa.
- a city in SW California.
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Liberia
[lahy-beer-ee-uh]
- a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
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Examples from the Web for monrovia
Contemporary Examples
A few weeks before this, a video surfaced of an Ebola victim in Monrovia, Liberia who had been presumed dead.
In Monrovia, she could not find a hospital to get her son vaccinated.
Paye came to Monrovia with her third child, who is only four months old.
But Duncan went through screening Sept. 19 in Monrovia, Liberia, where he presented a temperature of 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit.
“If the international community does not stand up, we will be wiped out,” an MSF nurse told the world from Monrovia in Liberia.
Historical Examples
Lott Cary had 45 scholars enrolled in his school at Monrovia.
I know of no place where the Sabbath seems to be more respected than in Monrovia.'
Abolitionism Exposed!W. W. Sleigh
Fine churches, school buildings, and a college are to be seen in Monrovia.
Stanley in AfricaJames P. Boyd
Slavers, no doubt, have often watered at Monrovia, but never when their character was known.
Journal of an African CruiserHoratio Bridge
It is now fourteen months since our ship first visited Monrovia.
Journal of an African CruiserHoratio Bridge
Monrovia
- the capital and chief port of Liberia, on the Atlantic: founded in 1822 as a home for freed American slaves; University of Liberia (1862). Pop: 614 000 (2005 est)
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Liberia
- a republic in W Africa, on the Atlantic: originated in 1822 as a home for freed Afro-American slaves, with land purchased by the American Colonization Society; republic declared in 1847; exports are predominantly rubber and iron ore. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority, also animist. Currency: dollar. Capital: Monrovia. Pop: 3 989 703 (2013 est). Area: 111 400 sq km (43 000 sq miles)
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Word Origin and History for monrovia
Liberia
African nation, begun as a resettlement project of freed American slaves in 1816 by the American Colonization Society, the name chosen by society member and U.S. senator Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) from Latin liber "free" (see liberal).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Liberia
Republic in western Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone to the northwest, Guinea to the north, the Ivory Coast to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest.
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Note
The American Colonization Society began settlement of black Americans, most of them freed slaves, in 1822. Eventually, 15,000 blacks emigrated to Liberia.
Note
A civil war that commenced in 1989 and that lasted until the mid-1990s claimed more than 150,000 lives.
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