Sierra Leone

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See also: Síerra Leóne

English

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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):(file)

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

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

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa; capital: Freetown)

Derived terms

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f (related adjective sierraleonský, demonym Sierraleoňan)

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Declension

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

Proper noun

Sierra Leone n

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Finnish

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Wikipedia fi

Etymology

< Spanish Sierra Leona

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsie̯rːɑ ˈleone/,
  • IPA(key): /ˈsie̯rːɑˌleone/,

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

German

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Pronunciation

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

See also

Hungarian

 Sierra Leone on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • 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

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsjɛr.ra lɛˈɔ.nɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification:

Proper noun

Sierra Leone n (indeclinable, related adjective sierraleoński)

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

nouns

See also

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

See also

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Proper noun

Sierra Leone n (genitive Sierra Leones)

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Further reading

Tatar

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Turkish

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Wikipedia tr

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Declension

See also