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Sierra Leonean

British  
/ sɪˈɛərə lɪˈəʊnɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Sierra Leone or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Sierra Leone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"The majority are Guineans. There is only one Sierra Leonean among them. All the rest are Guineans," said Conteh.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2026

The order stipulates that he must not stay there for more than three months and that he must appear before a Sierra Leonean magistrates court on 6 March.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2024

Jonathan Cabrera Mendez and Olvin Torres Velasquez climbed into a Honda sedan driven by Mohamed Kamara, a 42-year-old Sierra Leonean man living in suburban Maryland.

From Slate Mar. 17, 2023

As of August, eight out of 10 Sierra Leonean households were food insecure, according to the World Food Program.

From New York Times Dec. 26, 2022

I looked about the bus for the Sierra Leonean man I had bumped into but I couldn’t find him.

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

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