Sierra Leone

== English == === Etymology === From Italian sierra (“mountain range”) + leone (“lion”) (via Venetian), itself from Portuguese 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 === IPA(key): /siˌɛɹə liˈoʊn/ === Proper noun === Sierra Leone A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone. ==== Hypernyms ==== Subsahara ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Countries of the world == Afrikaans == === Proper noun === Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa; capital: Freetown) ==== Derived terms ==== Sierra Leoner Sierra Leonies == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [sjɛra lɛonɛ] === Proper noun === Sierra Leone f (relational adjective sierraleonský, demonym Sierraleoňan) Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Sierra Leone”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian Sierra Leone, from Portuguese Serra Leoa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌʃɛ.raː.leːˈoː.nə/ Hyphenation: Si‧er‧ra Le‧o‧ne Rhymes: -oːnə === Proper noun === Sierra Leone n Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) == Finnish == === Etymology === < Italian Sierra Leone === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsie̯rːɑ ˈleone/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯rːɑ̝ ˈle̞o̞ne̞] IPA(key): /ˈsie̯rːɑˌleone/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯rːɑ̝ˌle̞o̞ne̞] === Proper noun === Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Sierra Leone n (proper noun, genitive Sierra Leones or (optionally with an article) Sierra Leone) Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) ==== Declension ==== === See also === == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsijɛrːɒ ˌlɛoːnɛ] Hyphenation: Si‧er‧ra Le‧o‧ne Rhymes: -nɛ === Proper noun === Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa; official name: Sierra Leone Köztársaság) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Sierra Leone-i === See also === == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian Sierra Leone, from Portuguese Serra Leoa. === Proper noun === Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) === See also === === Further reading === “Sierra Leone”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Proper noun === Sierra Leone f Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) ==== Related terms ==== sierraleoner sierraleonsk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) ==== Related terms ==== sierraleonar sierraleonsk == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsjɛr.ra lɛˈɔ.nɛ/ Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually] === Proper noun === Sierra Leone n (indeclinable, related adjective sierraleoński) Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “Sierra Leone”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “Sierra Leone”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Sierra Leone f Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) === See also === == Swedish == === Proper noun === Sierra Leone n (genitive Sierra Leones) Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== sierraleonier sierraleonsk sierraleonska ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “Sierra Leone”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024) Svensk MeSH == Tatar == === Proper noun === Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) == Turkish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) ==== Declension ==== === See also === == Welsh == === Proper noun === Sierra Leone f (not mutable) Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa) ==== Coordinate terms ==== === Mutation ===