Sierra Leone

Síerra Leóne English thumb|right|Sierra Leone Etymology From en it sierra mountain range + it leone lion (via Venetian), itself from en pt Serra Leoa lioness mountains, as the area was described to the rest of Europe by Venetian explorer Alvise Cadamosto; in reference to the Lion Mountains (named by Pedro de Sintra in 1462). Pronunciation en /siˌɛɹə liˈoʊn/ en En-us-Sierra Leone.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Sierra Leone.wav UK Proper noun 1 en Q1044en country r/West Africa Republic of Sierra Leone. Hypernyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Sierra Leonean Sierra Leone peach Sierra Leone River Sierra Leonian Translations Republic of Sierra Leone Afrikaans: af Sierra Leone Amharic: am ሴየራ ሌዎን Arabic: ar سِيرَالِيُون f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܣܹܝܪܵܐ ܠܹܐܘܿܢ f Armenian: hy Սիերա Լեոնե Asturian: ast Sierra Lleona Azerbaijani: az Syerra-Leone Belarusian: be Сье́ра-Лео́нэ f Bengali: bn সিয়েরা লিওন Breton: br Sierra Leone Bulgarian: bg Сие́ра Лео́не f Burmese: my ဆီရာလီယွန် Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 塞拉利昂, cmn 獅子山 Taiwan Czech: cs Sierra Leone f Danish: da Sierra Leone n Dutch: nl Sierra Leone n Esperanto: eo Sieraleono Estonian: et Sierra Leone Farefare: gur Siera Leona Finnish: fi Sierra Leone French: fr Sierra Leone f Georgian: ka სიერა-ლეონე German: de Sierra Leone n Greek: el Σιέρα Λεόνε f Hausa: ha Saliyo Hebrew: he סיירה לאון f Hindi: hi सिएरा लियोन m Hungarian: hu Sierra Leone Icelandic: is Síerra Leóne n Interlingua: ia Sierra Leone Italian: it Sierra Leone f Japanese: ja シエラレオネ Shierareone Kazakh: kk Сьерра-Леоне Khmer: km សៀរ៉ាឡេអូន Korean: ko ^시에라 ^리온 Krio: kri Salon Kyrgyz: ky Сьерра-Леоне Latin: la Mons Leoninus m Latvian: lv Sjerraleone f Limba: West-Central Limba: lia Lithuanian: lt Siera Leonė f Macedonian: mk Сие́ра Лео́не f Māori: mi Te Araone Mende: men Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Сьерра-Леоне Norman: nrf Sierra Leone f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Sierra Leone n Oromo: om Seraa Liyoon Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Сиєра Леоне m Persian: fa سیرالئون siyerâle'ôn Polish: pl Sierra Leone Portuguese: pt Serra Leoa f Romanian: ro Sierra Leone f Russian: ru Сье́рра-Лео́не f Sʹjérra-Leónɛ Santali: sat ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Сије̑ра Лео̑не f Latin: sh Sijȇra Leȏne f Shan: shn မိူင်းသီႇဢႄႇရႃႇလီႇယူၼ်ႇ Sinhalese: si සියෙරා ලියෝන් Slovak: sk Sierra Leone f Slovene: sl Sierra Leone f Spanish: es Sierra Leona f Swahili: sw Siera Leoni Swedish: sv Sierra Leone n Tagalog: tl Bulubunduking Leyona Tajik: tg Сиерра Леоне Tamil: ta சியேரா லியோனி Tatar: tt Sierra Leone Temne: tem Thai: th เซียร์ราลีโอน Turkish: tr Sierra Leone Ukrainian: uk Сьє́рра-Лео́не f Urdu: ur سِیرا لِیون m sīrā liyon Uyghur: ug سيېررا لېئونې Uzbek: uz Syerra-Leone Vietnamese: vi Si-ê-ra Lê-ôn Yoruba: yo Sàró See also Countries of the world Afrikaans af: Proper noun Sierra Leone af Sierra Leone Q1044 af:Freetown Derived terms af Sierra Leoner af Sierra Leonies Czech cs: Pronunciation Sjera Leone Proper noun f sierraleonský Sierraleoňan 1 cs Sierra Leone Q1044 Declension Sierra<f.sg> Leone Further reading Dutch Etymology Borrowed from nl it Sierra Leone, from nl pt Serra Leoa. Pronunciation nl /ˌʃɛ.raː.leːˈoː.nə/ nl Nl-Sierra Leone.ogg nl Si er ra Le o ne nl oːnə Proper noun n 1 nl Sierra Leone Q1044 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi it Sierra Leone. Pronunciation sierra leone sierra-leone Proper noun Sierra Leone fi Sierra Leone Q1044 Declension sg Sierra Leon a Derived terms fi sierraleonelainen German de: Pronunciation de De-Sierra Leone.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym 1 de Sierra Leone Q1044 Declension toponym See also Hungarian hu: Pronunciation szierra ˌleóne hu Si er ra Le o ne hu nɛ 6 Proper noun hu proper noun Sierra Leone hu Sierra Leone Q1044 hu:Sierra Leone Köztársaság Declension Sierra Leoné o sgSierra Leoné sg Derived terms hu Sierra Leone-i See also hu multiword proper noun borrowings Indonesian id: Etymology id it Sierra Leone, from id pt Serra Leoa. Proper noun id Sierra Leone Q1044 See also Further reading Italian it: Proper noun f 1 it Sierra Leone Q1044 Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Sierra Leone. thumb|Sierra Leone in Africa. thumb|An aerial view of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Etymology nb ine-pro *sers- nb en Sierra Leone, ultimately from nb pt - Serra Leoa (“Lioness Mountains”), the Portuguese name given by the explorer Pedro de Sintra to the mountains of the present-day Freetown Peninsula in the 15th century. Historical Portuguese spellings include Serra Lyoa. The name was subsequently reshaped in European usage into the modern form Sierra Leone, which became established in English. Portuguese pt serra mountain range; saw is from nb roa-opt serra saw, from Latin nb la serra saw, from Proto-Italic nb itc-pro *serzā saw, from Proto-Indo-European nb ine-pro *sers-eh₂, from ine-pro *sers- to cut off. The geographical sense “mountain range” developed from comparison with the toothed edge of a saw. Portuguese pt leoa lioness is from Old Galician-Portuguese nb roa-opt leõa lioness, from Latin nb la leaena lioness, borrowed from Ancient Greek nb grc λέαινα lioness, from grc λέων lion + grc -αινα feminine suffix. Ancient Greek grc λέων lion is already attested in Mycenaean Greek as gmy 𐀩𐀺 re-wo lion; its deeper origin is uncertain and has probably been influenced by or borrowed from a non-Indo-European source. Parallel international forms include nn Sierra Leone, da Sierra Leone, sv Sierra Leone and de Sierra Leone Sierra Leone. Pronunciation nb /¹siˈɛrː.a leˈoː.nə/ [sɪˈɛ̀rː.a leˈòː.nə] nb oːnə 6 nb Si er ra Le o ne Proper noun nb proper noun 1 Sierra Leone; nb country r/West Africa cont/Africa Sierra Leone, a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, bordered by Guinea and Liberia, with Freetown as its capital. nb Sierra Leone ble selvstendig fra Storbritannia i 1961. Sierra Leone became independent from the United Kingdom in 1961. nb 22 July 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen et al. Sierra Leone Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Sierra_Leone Sierra Leone er en republikk i Vest-Afrika, ved Afrikas vestkyst. Sierra Leone is a republic in West Africa, on the west coast of Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20260814114212/https://snl.no/Sierra_Leone 14 August 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian Bokmål long-form name is Republikken Sierra Leone (“the Republic of Sierra Leone”). Derived terms nb sierraleoner a Sierra Leonean nb sierraleonsk Sierra Leonean See also References “Navn på stater”, Språkrådet. “Sierra Leone” in Store norske leksikon. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun Sierra Leone nn Sierra Leone Q1044 Related terms nn sierraleonar nn sierraleonsk Polish Pronunciation sjerra leone Pl-Sierra Leone.ogg Proper noun n yes sierraleoński Sierra Leone pl Sierra Leone Q1044 Derived terms pl nouns Sierraleończyk Sierraleonka See also Further reading Romanian Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Sierra Leone.wav Proper noun f Sierra Leone ro Sierra Leone Q1044 Swahili sw: Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Sierra Leone.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun Sierra Leone sw Sierra Leone Q1044 See also Swedish sv: Proper noun n Sierra Leone sv Sierra Leone Q1044 Derived terms sv sierraleonier sv sierraleonsk sv sierraleonska See also Further reading 12 Svensk MeSH Tatar Proper noun proper noun l Sierra Leone tt Sierra Leone Q1044 Turkish tr: Pronunciation tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Sierra Leone.wav Proper noun Sierra Leone tr Sierra Leone Q1044 Declension Sierra Leone Sierra Leone'yi Sierra Leone'ye Sierra Leone'de Sierra Leone'den Sierra Leone'nin See also Welsh cy: Proper noun f Sierra Leone cy Sierra Leone Q1044 Coordinate terms Mutation