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monrovia

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Mon⋅ro⋅vi⋅a

  [muhn-roh-vee-uh]
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–noun
1. a seaport in and the capital of Liberia, in W Africa. 204,000.
2. a city in SW California. 30,531.

Li⋅be⋅ri⋅a

  [lahy-beer-ee-uh]
–noun
a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. 2,602,068; ab. 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
Related forms:
Li⋅be⋅ri⋅an, adjective, noun
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Mon·ro·vi·a   (mən-rō'vē-ə)   

  1. The capital and largest city of Liberia, in the northwest part of the country on the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded in 1822 as a haven for freed slaves and named after President James Monroe. Population: 935,000.

  2. A city of southern California, an industrial and residential suburb of Los Angeles in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Population: 38,000.

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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.

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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