Sierra Leone

See also: Síerra Leóne

English

Sierra Leone

Etymology

Spanish sierra (“mountain”) + leona (“lioness”), from Portuguese Serra Leoa, in the reference to the Lion Mountains (named by Pedro de Sintra in 1462).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˌɛɹə liˈoʊn/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone

2. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Sierra Leone peach

 

Translations

Republic of Sierra Leone

• Afrikaans: Sierra Leone
• Amharic: ሴየራ ሌዎን (seyära lewon)
• Arabic: سِيرَالِيُون (ar) f (sīrāliyūn)
• Armenian: Սիերա Լեոնե (Siera Leone)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܹܝܪܵܐ ܠܹܐܘܿܢ f (sērā lēˀōn)
• Azerbaijani: Syerra-Leone
• Belarusian: Сье́ра-Лео́нэ f (Sʹjéra-Ljeóne)
• Bengali: সিয়েরা লিওন (bn) (śiẏera liōn)
• Breton: Sierra Leone
• Bulgarian: Сие́ра Лео́не f (Siéra Leóne)
• Burmese: ဆီရာလီယွန် (hciraliywan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞拉利昂 (zh) (Sàilālì'áng)

• Czech: Sierra Leone (cs) f
• Danish: Sierra Leone (da) n
• Dutch: Sierra Leone (nl) n
• Esperanto: Sieraleono
• Estonian: Sierra Leone (et)
• Farefare: Siera Leona
• Finnish: Sierra Leone (fi)
• French: Sierra Leone (fr) f
• Georgian: სიერა-ლეონე (ka) (siera-leone)
• German: Sierra Leone (de) n
• Greek: Σιέρρα Λεόνε f (Siérra Leóne)
• Hausa: Saliyo
• Hebrew: סיירה לאון f
• Hindi: सिएरा लियोन (hi) m (sierā liyon)
• Hungarian: Sierra Leone (hu)
• Icelandic: Síerra Leóne (is) n
• Interlingua: Sierra Leone
• Italian: Sierra Leone (it) f
• Japanese: シエラレオネ (ja) (Shierareone)
• Kazakh: Сьерра-Леоне (kk) (Serra-Leone)
• Khmer: សៀរ៉ាឡេអូន (km) (siəraaleeʼoun)
• Korean: 시에라 리온 (Siera Rion)
• Krio: Salon
• Kyrgyz: Сьерра-Леоне (Syerra-Leone)
• Latin: Mons Leoninus m
• Latvian: Sjerraleone (lv) f
• Limba:

  West-Central Limba: please add this translation if you can

• Lithuanian: Siera Leonė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Сие́ра Лео́не f (Siéra Leóne)
• Maori: Te Araone
• Mende: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Сьерра-Леоне (Sʹjerra-Leone)

• Navajo: Náshdóítsoh Bitsiijįʼ Daditłʼooʼígíí Dziil
• Norman: Sierra Leone f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sierra Leone (no) n

• Oromo: Seraa Liyoon
• Persian: سیرالئون (siyerâle'ôn)
• Polish: Sierra Leone (pl)
• Portuguese: Serra Leoa (pt) f
• Romanian: Sierra Leone f
• Russian: Сье́рра-Лео́не (ru) f (Sʹjérra-Leónɛ)
• Santali: ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ (siyera liyôn)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сије̑ра Лео̑не f

  Roman: Sijȇra Leȏne (sh) f

• Shan: မိူင်းသီႇဢႄႇရႃႇလီႇယူၼ်ႇ (móeng sìi ʼàae ràa lìi yùun)
• Sinhalese: සියෙරා ලියෝන් (siyerā liyōn)
• Slovak: Sierra Leone f
• Slovene: Sierra Leone (sl) f
• Spanish: Sierra Leona (es) f
• Swahili: Siera Leoni (sw)
• Swedish: Sierra Leone (sv) n
• Tagalog: Bulubunduking Leyona
• Tajik: Сиерра Леоне (Siyerra Leone)
• Tamil: சியேரா லியோனி (ciyērā liyōṉi)
• Tatar: Sierra Leone (tt)
• Temne: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เซียร์ราลีโอน (th) (siia-râa-lii-oon)
• Turkish: Sierra Leone (tr)
• Ukrainian: Сьє́рра-Лео́не (uk) f (Sʹjérra-Leóne)
• Urdu: سِیرا لِیون m (sīrā liyon)
• Uyghur: سيېررا لېئونې (syërra lë'onë)
• Uzbek: Syerra-Leone
• Vietnamese: Si-ê-ra Lê-ôn
• Yoruba: Sàró

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. 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 (related adjective sierraleonský, demonym Sierraleoňan)

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Sierra Leone (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Sierra Leone
genitive	Sierry Leone
dative	Sieře Leone
accusative	Sierru Leone
vocative	Sierro Leone
locative	Sieře Leone
instrumental	Sierrou Leone

Further reading

• “Sierra Leone”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sierra Leona, from Portuguese Serra Leoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃɛ.raː.leːˈoː.nə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Si‧er‧ra Le‧o‧ne
• Rhymes: -oːnə

Proper noun

Sierra Leone n

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

< Spanish Sierra Leona

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsie̯rːɑ ˈleone/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯rːɑ̝ ˈle̞o̞ne̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsie̯rːɑˌleone/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯rːɑ̝ˌle̞o̞ne̞]

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Sierra Leone (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Sierra Leone	—
genitive		Sierra Leonen	—
partitive		Sierra Leonea	—
illative		Sierra Leoneen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sierra Leone	—
accusative	nom.	Sierra Leone	—
	gen.	Sierra Leonen
genitive		Sierra Leonen	—
partitive		Sierra Leonea	—
inessive		Sierra Leonessa	—
elative		Sierra Leonesta	—
illative		Sierra Leoneen	—
adessive		Sierra Leonella	—
ablative		Sierra Leonelta	—
allative		Sierra Leonelle	—
essive		Sierra Leonena	—
translative		Sierra Leoneksi	—
abessive		Sierra Leonetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Sierra Leone (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sierra Leoneni — accusative nom. Sierra Leoneni — gen. Sierra Leoneni genitive Sierra Leoneni — partitive Sierra Leoneani — inessive Sierra Leonessani — elative Sierra Leonestani — illative Sierra Leoneeni — adessive Sierra Leonellani — ablative Sierra Leoneltani — allative Sierra Leonelleni — essive Sierra Leonenani — translative Sierra Leonekseni — abessive Sierra Leonettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sierra Leonesi — accusative nom. Sierra Leonesi — gen. Sierra Leonesi genitive Sierra Leonesi — partitive Sierra Leoneasi — inessive Sierra Leonessasi — elative Sierra Leonestasi — illative Sierra Leoneesi — adessive Sierra Leonellasi — ablative Sierra Leoneltasi — allative Sierra Leonellesi — essive Sierra Leonenasi — translative Sierra Leoneksesi — abessive Sierra Leonettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sierra Leonemme — accusative nom. Sierra Leonemme — gen. Sierra Leonemme genitive Sierra Leonemme — partitive Sierra Leoneamme — inessive Sierra Leonessamme — elative Sierra Leonestamme — illative Sierra Leoneemme — adessive Sierra Leonellamme — ablative Sierra Leoneltamme — allative Sierra Leonellemme — essive Sierra Leonenamme — translative Sierra Leoneksemme — abessive Sierra Leonettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sierra Leonenne — accusative nom. Sierra Leonenne — gen. Sierra Leonenne genitive Sierra Leonenne — partitive Sierra Leoneanne — inessive Sierra Leonessanne — elative Sierra Leonestanne — illative Sierra Leoneenne — adessive Sierra Leonellanne — ablative Sierra Leoneltanne — allative Sierra Leonellenne — essive Sierra Leonenanne — translative Sierra Leoneksenne — abessive Sierra Leonettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Sierra Leonensa — accusative nom. Sierra Leonensa — gen. Sierra Leonensa genitive Sierra Leonensa — partitive Sierra Leoneaan Sierra Leoneansa — inessive Sierra Leonessaan Sierra Leonessansa — elative Sierra Leonestaan Sierra Leonestansa — illative Sierra Leoneensa — adessive Sierra Leonellaan Sierra Leonellansa — ablative Sierra Leoneltaan Sierra Leoneltansa — allative Sierra Leonelleen Sierra Leonellensa — essive Sierra Leonenaan Sierra Leonenansa — translative Sierra Leonekseen Sierra Leoneksensa — abessive Sierra Leonettaan Sierra Leonettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• sierraleonelainen

 

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone n (proper noun, genitive Sierra Leones or (optionally with an article) Sierra Leone)

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Sierra Leone [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Sierra Leone
genitive	des	Sierra Leones, Sierra Leone1
dative	dem	Sierra Leone
accusative	das	Sierra Leone

¹Optionally with an article.

See also

• (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik ^{(Category: de:Countries in Africa)}

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsijɛrːɒ ˌlɛoːnɛ]
• Hyphenation: Si‧er‧ra Le‧o‧ne
• Rhymes: -nɛ

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Sierra Leone	—
accusative	Sierra Leonét	—
dative	Sierra Leonénak	—
instrumental	Sierra Leonéval	—
causal-final	Sierra Leonéért	—
translative	Sierra Leonévá	—
terminative	Sierra Leonéig	—
essive-formal	Sierra Leoneként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Sierra Leonéban	—
superessive	Sierra Leonén	—
adessive	Sierra Leonénál	—
illative	Sierra Leonéba	—
sublative	Sierra Leonéra	—
allative	Sierra Leonéhoz	—
elative	Sierra Leonéból	—
delative	Sierra Leonéról	—
ablative	Sierra Leonétól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Sierra Leonéé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Sierra Leonééi	—

Possessive forms of Sierra Leone
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Sierra Leoném	—
2nd person sing.	Sierra Leonéd	—
3rd person sing.	Sierra Leonéja	—
1st person plural	Sierra Leonénk	—
2nd person plural	Sierra Leonétok	—
3rd person plural	Sierra Leonéjuk	—

Derived terms

• Sierra Leone-i

Italian

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• sierraleoner
• sierraleonsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• sierraleonar
• sierraleonsk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjɛr.ra lɛˈɔ.nɛ/

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Proper noun

Sierra Leone n (indeclinable, related adjective sierraleoński)

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

nouns

• Sierraleonka
• Sierraleończyk

 

See also

• (countries of Africa) państwa Afryki; Algieria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Czad, Demokratyczna Republika Konga, Dżibuti, Egipt, Erytrea, Eswatini, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gwinea, Gwinea Bissau, Gwinea Równikowa, Kamerun, Kenia, Komory, Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Maroko, Mauretania, Mauritius, Mozambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Południowa Afryka, Republika Środkowoafrykańska, Republika Zielonego Przylądka, Rwanda, Sahara Zachodnia, Senegal, Seszele, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan Południowy, Tanzania, Togo, Tunezja, Uganda, Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej, Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: pl:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Sierra Leone in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Sierra Leone in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone f

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Swedish

Proper noun

Sierra Leone n (genitive Sierra Leones)

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• sierraleonier
• sierraleonsk
• sierraleonska

Further reading

• Sierra Leone in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Tatar

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Sierra Leone

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Sierra Leone

	singular
nominative	Sierra Leone
accusative	Sierra Leone'yi
dative	Sierra Leone'ye
locative	Sierra Leone'de
ablative	Sierra Leone'den
genitive	Sierra Leone'nin

    Possession of Sierra Leone

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Sierra Leone'm	Sierra Leonelerim / Sierra Leone'lerim
senin (your)	Sierra Leone'n	Sierra Leonelerin / Sierra Leone'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Sierra Leone'si	Sierra Leoneleri / Sierra Leone'leri
bizim (our)	Sierra Leone'miz	Sierra Leonelerimiz / Sierra Leone'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Sierra Leone'niz	Sierra Leoneleriniz / Sierra Leone'leriniz
onların (their)	Sierra Leone'si / Sierra Leoneleri / Sierra Leone'leri	Sierra Leoneleri / Sierra Leone'leri

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Welsh

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f (not mutable)

1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Coordinate terms

• (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Affrica, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda ^{(Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sierra Leone

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Sierra Leone	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged