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Free⋅town

[free-toun]
–noun
a seaport in and the capital of Sierra Leone, in W Africa. 214,000.
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Free·town   (frē'toun')   
The capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, in the western part of the country on the Atlantic Ocean. It was settled in 1792 by freed slaves sent from England by British abolitionists. Population: 773,000.
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