Liberia

liberia Liberia libéria liberià Libéria Líbería Libèria liberią Liberią English thumb|right|Liberia Pronunciation en /laɪˈbɪə̯.ri.ə/ RP en /laɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Liberia.wav UK en En-us-Liberia.ogg US en ɪəɹiə ɪɹiə 4 Etymology 1 en :af la:līber<t:free><id:free> -ia<t:place><id:place> + 1 The name was applied to the West African territory settled under the auspices of the American Colonization Society, from which the modern republic developed. Proper noun en Q1014en country r/West Africa on the Atlantic Ocean, with Monrovia as its capital Republic of Liberia. en Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/africa/trump-praises-liberian-president-latam-intl 2025-07-09 Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society whose goal was to resettle freed slaves in Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20251022091119/https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/africa/trump-praises-liberian-president-latam-intl 22 October 2025 Hypernyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Liberian Descendants nb Liberia 1 Translations Q1014 country in Western Africa Afrikaans: af Liberië Albanian: sq Liberi f Amharic: am ላይቤሪያ Arabic: ar لِيبِيرِيَا f libīriyā, ar لَيْبِيرْيَا f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܠܝܼܒ݂ܪܝܼܵܐ f Armenian: hy Լիբերիա Asturian: ast Liberia Azerbaijani: az Liberiya Balinese: ban Libéria Basque: eu Liberia Belarusian: be Лібе́рыя f Bengali: bn লাইবেরিয়া Betawi: bew Libéria Breton: br Liberia Bulgarian: bg Либе́рия f Burmese: my လိုက်ဘေးရီးယား Catalan: ca Libèria f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 利比里亞 Lìbǐlǐyà Crimean Tatar: crh Liberiya Czech: cs Libérie f Danish: da Liberia Dutch: nl Liberia n Esperanto: eo Liberio Estonian: et Libeeria Finnish: fi Liberia French: fr Libéria m Gagauz: gag Liberiya Galician: gl Liberia f Georgian: ka ლიბერია German: de Liberia Greek: el Λιβερία f Hausa: ha Laberiya Hebrew: he לִיבֶּרְיָה f libérya Hindi: hi लाइबेरिया m Hungarian: hu Libéria Icelandic: is Líbería f Indonesian: id Liberia Interlingua: ia Liberia Irish: ga Libéir f An Libéir Italian: it Liberia f Japanese: ja リベリア Riberia Javanese: jv Libèria Kalenjin: kln Liberia Kamba: kam Liberia Kannada: kn ಲೈಬೀರಿಯ Karakalpak: kaa Liberiya Kazakh: kk Либерия Khmer: km លីបេរីយ៉ា Kikuyu: ki Liberia Korean: ko ^라이베리아 Kyrgyz: ky Либерия Latvian: lv Libērija f Lithuanian: lt Liberija f Luhya: luy Liberia Luo: luo Liberia Macedonian: mk Либерија f Malayalam: ml ലൈബീരിയ Maltese: mt Liberja Māori: mi Raipiri Marathi: mr लायबीरिया Meru: mer Liberia Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Либери Norman: nrf Libérie f Jersey Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Liberia Persian: fa لیبریا liberiyâ Polish: pl Liberia Portuguese: pt Libéria Romanian: ro Liberia f Russian: ru Либе́рия f Scots: sco Liberie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Лѝбе̄рија f Latin: sh Lìbērija f Sinhalese: si ලයිබීරියාව Slovak: sk Libéria f Slovene: sl Libêrija f Spanish: es Liberia f Sundanese: su Liberia Swahili: sw Liberia, sw Uliberi Swedish: sv Liberia Tagalog: tl Liberya, tl Liberia Tajik: tg Либерия Tamil: ta லைபீரியா Telugu: te లైబీరియా Thai: th ไลบีเรีย Tibetan: bo ལི་བེ་རི་ཡ Turkish: tr Liberya Turkmen: tk Liberiýa Ukrainian: uk Лібе́рія f Urdu: ur لائبیریا m Lāiberiyā Uzbek: uz Liberiya Vai: vai ꕞꔤꔫꕩ Laibhíya Vietnamese: vi Li-bê-ri-a Wolaytta: wal Laybeeriya Yoruba: yo Laberia Etymology 2 Proper noun en Q1387526en provincial capital p/Guanacaste c/Costa Rica. See also :Appendix:Countries of the world Further reading Basque eu: Etymology eu :bor en:Liberia + 1 Pronunciation Liberia<hyph:Li.ber.ia> Proper noun in eu Liberia Q1014 Declension in.pr Derived terms eu liberiar<t:Liberian> Further reading 38 Central Huasteca Nahuatl Etymology nch :bor en:Liberia nch en Liberia. Proper noun nch proper noun nch Liberia Q1014 Central Nahuatl Etymology nhn :bor en:Liberia nhn en Liberia. Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Liberia Q1014 Danish da: Etymology da :bor en:Liberia da en Liberia. Proper noun n da Liberia Q1014 Dutch nl: Etymology nl :bor en:Liberia nl en Liberia. Pronunciation nl Nl-Liberia.ogg Proper noun n nl Liberia Q1014 Finnish fi: Etymology fi :bor en:Liberia fi en Liberia. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Liberia Q1014 Declension sg Liberi a Derived terms fi compounds liberianmangusti Galician gl: Alternative forms gl Libéria reintegrationist Etymology gl :bor en:Liberia + + Proper noun f gl Liberia Q1014 Derived terms gl liberiano German de: Etymology de :bor en:Liberia de en Liberia. Pronunciation de /liˈbeːʁia/ de De-Liberia.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Liberia Q1014 Derived terms de Liberianer de liberianisch de Liberier de liberisch See also Indonesian id: Etymology id :bor en:Liberia id en Liberia. Pronunciation Li.bé.ri.a Proper noun id Liberia Q1014 Noun a Liberian Adjective Liberian See also Further reading Italian it: Etymology it :bor en:Liberia it en Liberia. Pronunciation Libèria Proper noun f it Liberia Q1014 Derived terms it liberiano Anagrams it abeiilr biliare liberai libraie Latin la: Pronunciation Līberia no Proper noun Līberia<1> la New Latin la Liberia Q1014 Declension Līberia<1> Malay ms: Etymology ms :bor en:Liberia ms en Liberia. Pronunciation Li.bé.ri.a Proper noun ms Liberia Q1014 Noun a Liberian Adjective Liberian Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|Liberias flagg thumb|Liberia i Afrika. thumb|The coastal town of Robertsport in Liberia. Etymology nb :bor en:Liberia nb en Liberia. The name was applied to the West African territory settled under the auspices of the American Colonization Society, from which the modern republic developed. Compare the parallel borrowings nn Liberia, da Liberia, sv Liberia, de Liberia, nl Liberia and fi Liberia. Pronunciation nb /¹liˈbeː.ri.a/ [lɪˈbèː.ɾɪ.a] nb eːria 4 nb Li be ri a Proper noun nb proper noun nb Liberia Q1014 nb Hun reiste gjennom Liberia før hun fortsatte videre til Sierra Leone. She travelled through Liberia before continuing on to Sierra Leone. nb 4 August 2025 Niels Nagelhus Schia; Sten Lundbo Liberia Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Liberia Liberia er en republikk i Vest-Afrika, ved Pepperkysten i Atlanterhavet. Liberia is a republic in West Africa, on the Pepper Coast of the Atlantic Ocean. https://web.archive.org/web/20260825165154/https://snl.no/Liberia 25 August 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Liberia (“the Republic of Liberia”). The name predates the establishment of the independent republic in 1847 and was already used for the West African settlement from which the country developed. Derived terms nb liberier a Liberian nb liberiansk Liberian nb liberisk Liberian See also References “Liberia” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology nn :bor en:Liberia nn en Liberia. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Liberia Q1014 Related terms nn liberiar nn liberisk Polish pl: Pronunciation Pl-Liberia.ogg liberia Etymology 1 pl :bor en:Liberia + + Proper noun f liberyjski pl Liberia Q1014 Declension s Derived terms pl adjective liberyjski pl nouns Liberyjczyk Liberyjka liberyjczyk liberyjka Etymology 2 pl :bor es:Liberia + + Proper noun f pl Liberia Q1387526 Declension s Further reading Romanian ro: Etymology ro :bor en:Liberia + + Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Liberia.wav Proper noun f ro Liberia Q1014 Declension Liberiei Spanish es: Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Liberia.wav<a:Spain>> Etymology 1 es :bor en:Liberia + + Proper noun f es Liberia Q1014 Derived terms es liberiano Etymology 2 Proper noun f es Liberia Q1387526 Swahili sw: Etymology sw :bor en:Liberia + 1 Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Liberia.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Liberia Q1014 See also Swedish sv: Etymology sv :bor en:Liberia sv en Liberia. Pronunciation sv /lɪˈbeːrɪa/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Liberia.wav Proper noun n sv Liberia Q1014 Related terms sv liberian liberiansk liberianska liberier liberisk liberiska See also Further reading 12 Svensk MeSH Welsh cy: Etymology cy :bor en:Liberia cy en Liberia. Proper noun f cy Liberia Q1014 Related terms cy Liberaidd Liberian a cy Liberiad Liberian n See also