Sierra Leone

English

Etymology

Spanish sierra (“mountain”) + leona (“lioness”), from Portuguese serra (“mountain”) + leoa (“lioness”) (named by Pedro de Sintra in 1462).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˌɛɹə liˈoʊn/

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Translations

Republic of Sierra Leone

• Amharic: ሴየራ ሌዎን (seyära lewon)
• Arabic: سِيرَالِيُون‎ f (sīrāliyūn)
• Armenian: Սիերա Լեոնե (Siera Leone)
• Belarusian: Сье́ра-Лео́нэ f (Sʹjéra-Ljeóne)
• Bengali: সিয়েরা লিওন (siyera lion)
• Breton: Sierra Leone
• Bulgarian: Сие́ра Лео́не f (Siéra Leóne)
• Burmese: ဆီရာလီယွန် (hciraliywan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞拉利昂 (zh) (Sàilālì'áng)

• Czech: Sierra Leone (cs) f
• Danish: Sierra Leone (da)
• Dutch: Sierra Leone (nl)
• Esperanto: Sieraleono
• Finnish: Sierra Leone (fi)
• French: Sierra Leone (fr) f
• Georgian: სიერა-ლეონე (siera-leone)
• German: Sierra Leone (de)
• Greek: Σιέρρα Λεόνε f (Siérra Leóne)
• Hausa: Saliyo
• Hindi: सिएरा लियोन (hi) (sierā liyon)
• Icelandic: Síerra Leóne (is) n
• Interlingua: Sierra Leon
• Italian: Sierra Leone (it) f
• Japanese: シエラレオネ (Shierareone)
• Kazakh: Сиерра-Леоне (Sïerra-Leone)
• Khmer: សៀរ៉ាឡេអូន (km) (siəraaleeʾoun)
• Korean: 시에라 리온 (Siera Rion)
• Krio: Salon

• Kyrgyz: Сьерра-Леоне (Sʹyerra-Leone)
• Latvian: Sjerraleone f
• Macedonian: Сие́ра Лео́не f (Siéra Leóne)
• Maori: Te Araone
• Mongolian: Сьерра-Леоне (Sʹjerra-Leone)
• Navajo: Náshdóítsoh Bitsiijįʼ Daditłʼooʼígíí Dziil
• Norman: Sierra Leone f
• Norwegian: Sierra Leone (no)
• Persian: سیرالئون‎ (siyerâle'ōn)
• Polish: Sierra Leone (pl)
• Portuguese: Serra Leoa (pt)
• Romanian: Sierra Leone
• Russian: Сье́рра-Лео́не (ru) f (Sʹjérra-Leónɛ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сијера Леоне f

  Roman: Sijera Leone (sh) f

• Sinhalese: සියෙරා ලියෝන් (siyerā liyōn)
• Spanish: Sierra Leona (es)
• Swahili: Siera Leoni (sw)
• Swedish: Sierra Leone (sv)
• Tagalog: Bulubunduking Leyona
• Tajik: Сиерра Леоне (Siyerra Leone)
• Tatar: Sierra Leone (tt)
• Thai: เซียร์ราลีโอน (th) (siia-raa-lii-oon)
• Turkish: Sierra Leone (tr)
• Ukrainian: Сьє́рра-Лео́не (uk) f (Sʹjérra-Leóne)
• Vietnamese: Si-ê-ra Lê-ôn
• Yoruba: Siria looni

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries) [edit]}

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Czech

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f

1. Sierra Leone

Related terms

• sierraleonský
• Sierraleoňan

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ.ra.le.ˈjo.nə/

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone n

1. Sierra Leone

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Finnish

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone

Declension

Inflection of Sierra Leone (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Sierra Leone	—
genitive		Sierra Leonen	—
partitive		Sierra Leonea	—
illative		Sierra Leoneen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sierra Leone	—
accusative	nom.	Sierra Leone	—
	gen.	Sierra Leonen
genitive		Sierra Leonen	—
partitive		Sierra Leonea	—
inessive		Sierra Leonessa	—
elative		Sierra Leonesta	—
illative		Sierra Leoneen	—
adessive		Sierra Leonella	—
ablative		Sierra Leonelta	—
allative		Sierra Leonelle	—
essive		Sierra Leonena	—
translative		Sierra Leoneksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Sierra Leonetta	—
comitative		—	—

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone n (genitive Sierra Leones)

1. Sierra Leone

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Italian

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f

1. Sierra Leone

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone

Related terms

• sierraleoner
• sierraleonsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone

Related terms

• sierraleonar
• sierraleonsk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjɛ.rra lɛˈɔ.nɛ/

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone n (undeclinable)

1. Sierra Leone

Derived terms

• (nouns) Sierraleończyk m, Sierraleonka f
• (adjective) sierraleoński

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Swahili

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone (country)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Tatar

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone