"Sierra Leone" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /siˌɛɹə liˈoʊn/ Audio: En-us-Sierra Leone.ogg [US]
Etymology: Spanish sierra (“mountain”) + leona (“lioness”), from Portuguese Serra Leoa, in the reference to the Lion Mountains (named by Pedro de Sintra in 1462). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|es|sierra||mountain}} Spanish sierra (“mountain”), {{m|es|leona||lioness}} leona (“lioness”), {{der|en|pt|Serra Leoa}} Portuguese Serra Leoa Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Sierra Leone
  1. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone. Wikidata QID: Q1044 Wikipedia link: Lion Mountains, Pedro de Sintra, Sierra Leone Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Africa, Sierra Leone Hypernyms: Subsahara Derived forms: Sierra Leone peach Translations (Republic of Sierra Leone): Sierra Leone (Afrikaans), ሴየራ ሌዎን (seyära lewon) (Amharic), سِيرَالِيُون (sīrāliyūn) [feminine] (Arabic), Սիերա Լեոնե (english: Siera Leone) (Armenian), ܣܹܝܪܵܐ ܠܹܐܘܿܢ (sērā lēˀōn) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), Syerra-Leone (Azerbaijani), Сье́ра-Лео́нэ (Sʹjéra-Ljeóne) [feminine] (Belarusian), সিয়েরা লিওন (śiẏera liōn) (Bengali), Sierra Leone (Breton), Сие́ра Лео́не (Siéra Leóne) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဆီရာလီယွန် (hciraliywan) (Burmese), 塞拉利昂 (Sàilālì'áng) (Chinese Mandarin), Sierra Leone [feminine] (Czech), Sierra Leone [neuter] (Danish), Sierra Leone [neuter] (Dutch), Sieraleono (Esperanto), Sierra Leone (Estonian), Siera Leona (Farefare), Sierra Leone (Finnish), Sierra Leone [feminine] (French), სიერა-ლეონე (siera-leone) (Georgian), Sierra Leone [neuter] (German), Σιέρρα Λεόνε (Siérra Leóne) [feminine] (Greek), Saliyo (Hausa), סיירה לאון [feminine] (Hebrew), सिएरा लियोन (sierā liyon) [masculine] (Hindi), Sierra Leone (Hungarian), Síerra Leóne [neuter] (Icelandic), Sierra Leone (Interlingua), Sierra Leone [feminine] (Italian), シエラレオネ (Shierareone) (Japanese), Сьерра-Леоне (english: Serra-Leone) (Kazakh), សៀរ៉ាឡេអូន (siəraaleeʼoun) (Khmer), 시에라 리온 (Siera Rion) (Korean), Salon (Krio), Сьерра-Леоне (Syerra-Leone) (Kyrgyz), Mons Leoninus [masculine] (Latin), Sjerraleone [feminine] (Latvian), Siera Leonė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Сие́ра Лео́не (Siéra Leóne) [feminine] (Macedonian), Te Araone (Maori), Сьерра-Леоне (Sʹjerra-Leone) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Náshdóítsoh Bitsiijįʼ Daditłʼooʼígíí Dziil (Navajo), Sierra Leone [feminine] (Norman), Sierra Leone [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Seraa Liyoon (Oromo), سیرالئون (siyerâle'ôn) (Persian), Sierra Leone (Polish), Serra Leoa [feminine] (Portuguese), Sierra Leone [feminine] (Romanian), Сье́рра-Лео́не (Sʹjérra-Leónɛ) [feminine] (Russian), ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ (siyera liyôn) (Santali), Сије̑ра Лео̑не [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sijȇra Leȏne [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), မိူင်းသီႇဢႄႇရႃႇလီႇယူၼ်ႇ (móeng sìi ʼàae ràa lìi yùun) (Shan), සියෙරා ලියෝන් (siyerā liyōn) (Sinhalese), Sierra Leone [feminine] (Slovak), Sierra Leone [feminine] (Slovene), Sierra Leona [feminine] (Spanish), Siera Leoni (Swahili), Sierra Leone [neuter] (Swedish), Bulubunduking Leyona (Tagalog), Сиерра Леоне (english: Siyerra Leone) (Tajik), சியேரா லியோனி (ciyērā liyōṉi) (Tamil), Sierra Leone (Tatar), เซียร์ราลีโอน (siia-râa-lii-oon) (Thai), Sierra Leone (Turkish), Сьє́рра-Лео́не (Sʹjérra-Leóne) [feminine] (Ukrainian), سِیرا لِیون (sīrā liyon) [masculine] (Urdu), سيېررا لېئونې (syërra lë'onë) (Uyghur), Syerra-Leone (Uzbek), Si-ê-ra Lê-ôn (Vietnamese), Sàró (Yoruba)

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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "সিয়েরা লিওন"
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      "word": "Sierra Leone"
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "ဆီရာလီယွန်"
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      "word": "塞拉利昂"
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Sierra Leone"
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      "word": "Siera Leona"
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Sierra Leone"
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      "word": "სიერა-ლეონე"
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "シエラレオネ"
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      "word": "Сьерра-Леоне"
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      "word": "សៀរ៉ាឡេអូន"
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      "word": "시에라 리온"
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      "word": "Сьерра-Леоне"
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "Siéra Leóne",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Сие́ра Лео́не"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Te Araone"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Sʹjerra-Leone",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
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      "word": "Сьерра-Леоне"
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Náshdóítsoh Bitsiijįʼ Daditłʼooʼígíí Dziil"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
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      "word": "Seraa Liyoon"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "siyerâle'ôn",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "سیرالئون"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Sierra Leone"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Сье́рра-Лео́не"
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      "code": "sat",
      "lang": "Santali",
      "roman": "siyera liyôn",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
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      "roman": "móeng sìi ʼàae ràa lìi yùun",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "မိူင်းသီႇဢႄႇရႃႇလီႇယူၼ်ႇ"
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      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "siyerā liyōn",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "සියෙරා ලියෝන්"
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      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Siera Leoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sierra Leone"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Bulubunduking Leyona"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "english": "Siyerra Leone",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Сиерра Леоне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "ciyērā liyōṉi",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "சியேரா லியோனி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Sierra Leone"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "siia-râa-lii-oon",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "เซียร์ราลีโอน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Sierra Leone"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Sʹjérra-Leóne",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Сьє́рра-Лео́не"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sīrā liyon",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سِیرا لِیون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "syërra lë'onë",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "سيېررا لېئونې"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Syerra-Leone"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Si-ê-ra Lê-ôn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "Republic of Sierra Leone",
      "word": "Sàró"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sierra Leone"
}

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