Sierra Leone

[ lee-oh-nee, lee-ohn ]

/ liˈoʊ ni, liˈoʊn /

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noun

an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Sierra Leone

Sier·ra Le·o·ne·an

[lee-oh-nee-uhn], /liˈoʊ ni ən/, noun

Words nearby Sierra Leone

sienna, Siepi, sierozem, sierra, Sierra Blanca Peak, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leonean, Sierra lily, Sierra Madre, Sierra Madre del Sur, Sierra Morena

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How to use Sierra Leone in a sentence

I’m the executive director of Partners in Health, Sierra Leone.
What A Donated Vaccine Can Do|Anna Rothschild|April 23, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Sierra Leone rose 10 places to 75 following the repeal of a decades-old criminal libel law that stifled free speech.
The Media Is Partly or Completely Restricted in 132 Countries, According to the 2021 World Press Freedom Index|Amy Gunia|April 20, 2021|Time
In Sierra Leone, which lacked health data, the company had to figure out how to correlate information about local school infrastructure to make predictions about the quality of local health centers.
How A.I. can speed up the COVID-19 vaccination drive|Jeremy Kahn|January 5, 2021|Fortune
The bats in Sierra Leone carried Marburg virus, Goldstein’s team discovered.
How to find the next pandemic virus before it finds us|Lindsey Konkel|April 30, 2020|Science News For Students

Goldstein’s team performed similar work with bats in Sierra Leone.
How to find the next pandemic virus before it finds us|Lindsey Konkel|April 30, 2020|Science News For Students
Chernon Bah, co-founder of A World at School, was alarmed by what she witnessed recently in Sierra Leone.
The Radio Battle to Educate Ebola’s Kids|Abby Haglage|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Liberia, the number is just over 54 percent—Sierra Leone, 67 percent.
The Radio Battle to Educate Ebola’s Kids|Abby Haglage|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Sierra Leone, the WHO report reads, “steep increases persist.”
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families|Abby Haglage|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We know the outbreak is still flaming strongly in western Sierra Leone and some parts of the interior of Guinea,” said Nabarro.
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families|Abby Haglage|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The event was a devastating one for Sierra Leone, deemed a “super-spreader” by The New York Times.
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families|Abby Haglage|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My father, who is dead, kept a hotel at Sierra Leone, and he knew the ways of the—half-castes.
With Edged Tools|Henry Seton Merriman
He went out in 1816, and began an extraordinary work amongst the slaves released by British cruisers and landed at Sierra Leone.
The Quiver 3/1900|Anonymous
The best measure of the heterogeneousness of the Sierra Leone population is to be found in Mrs. Kilham's vocabularies.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
Of the two settlements, already mentioned, the Gambia is the most deadly; though Sierra Leone has the worst name.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
The condition of the colonists was so appalling that many proposed to return to Sierra Leone.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

/ (sɪˈɛərə lɪˈəʊnɪ, lɪˈəʊn) /

noun

a republic in W Africa, on the Atlantic: became a British colony in 1808 and gained independence (within the Commonwealth) in 1961; declared a republic in 1971; became a one-party state in 1978; multiparty democracy restored in 1991 but military rule was imposed following a coup in 1992, which led to civil unrest; consists of coastal swamps rising to a plateau in the east. Official language: English. Religion: Muslim majority and animist. Currency: leone. Capital: Freetown. Pop: 5 612 685 (2013 est). Area: 71 740 sq km (27 699 sq miles)

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Cultural definitions for Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

[ (see-er-uh lee-ohn, lee-oh-nee) ]

Republic in western Africa, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea to the north and east, and Liberia to the south. Freetown is its capital and largest city.

notes for Sierra Leone

After the American Revolutionary War, attempts were made to settle freed slaves in Sierra Leone. Formerly a British protectorate, Sierra Leone became independent in 1961.