Liberia
pronunciation
How to pronounce Liberia in British English:
UK [laɪ'bɪərɪə]
How to pronounce Liberia in American English:
US [laɪ'bɪrɪr]
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- Noun:
- a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves
Word Origin
- Liberia
- African nation, begun as a resettlement project of freed American slaves in 1816 by the American Colonization Society, the name chosen by society member and U.S. senator Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) from Latin liber "free" (see liberal).
Example
- 1. So where does the fascination for liberia come from ?
- 2. Eight thousand un troops are stationed in liberia .
- 3. Taylor retains a following in liberia .
- 4. Liberia requires fewer soldiers and more genuine policemen .
- 5. Some have fled west to liberia or east to ghana .