Sierra Leone

Coat of arms of Sierra Leone

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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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 m (siraliyūn)
• 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: Siera-Leono
• Finnish: Sierra Leone (fi)
• French: Sierra Leone (fr) f
• Georgian: სიერა-ლეონე (siera-leone)
• German: Sierra Leone (de)
• Greek: Σιέρρα Λεόνε f (Siérra Leóne)
• Hindi: सिएरा लियोन (hi) (sierā liyon)
• Interlingua: Sierra Leon
• Italian: Sierra Leone (it) f
• Japanese: シエラレオネ (Shierareone)
• Kazakh: Сиерра-Леоне (Sïerra-Leone)
• 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 (siyerâleon)
• 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-râa-lii-oon)
• Turkish: Sierra Leone (tr)
• Ukrainian: Сьє́рра-Лео́не (uk) f (Sʹjérra-Leóne)
• Vietnamese: Si-ê-ra Lê-ôn

See also

• Countries of the world

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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/

• Audio

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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

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): /sʲjɛrːa lɛˈɔnɛ/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone n (undeclinable)

1. Sierra Leone

Derived terms

• Sierraleończyk m, Sierraleonka f
• adjective: sierraleoński

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Tatar

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone