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Liberia
[ lahy-beer-ee-uh ]
noun
- a republic in West Africa: founded in 1822 by freeborn and formerly enslaved Black people from the United States. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). : Monrovia.
Liberia
/ laɪˈbɪərɪə /
noun
- 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)
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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Other Words From
- an·ti-Li·be·ri·an adjective noun
- Li·be·ri·an adjective noun
- pro-Li·be·ri·an adjective noun
- trans-Li·be·ri·an adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Liberia1
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Example Sentences
In Liberia, the number is just over 54 percent—Sierra Leone, 67 percent.
Neighboring Guinea and Liberia, said WHO, were presenting evidence of a decrease in cases.
Liberia, once the hot zone, now reports 7,719 cases, while Guinea has 2,283.
“We are it,” Davis says when I ask if the military has a plan for how to get an infected American service member out of Liberia.
The two American humanitarian workers infected with Ebola in Liberia were fighting for their lives.
This Extract will make a convenient statistic reference for matters concerning Liberia.
We certainly do intend to deal fairly with Liberia, and give the reader every information that may tend to enlighten them.
He first went to Liberia as a teacher, supported by a society of ladies in New York.
The land needed for the accommodation of the school was given by the government of Liberia.
But in this, we were disappointed—grievously disappointed, and proceed to show in short, our objections to Liberia.
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