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Sierra Leone (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 08 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 8.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -11.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: First inhabitants were Bulom on coast; Krim and Gola came ca. 1400; Mende and Temne invaded in 15th century; Portuguese arrived in 1462, then English slave traders; was 18th-century haven for runaway slaves; English and French dispute over hinterland late 19th century; official language is English. |
Names: |
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| Sierra Leone (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Sierra Leone (Malagasy)
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| Sierra Leone (Maltese)
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| Sierra Leone (Vietnamese)
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| Sierra Leone (Indonesian)
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| Sierra Leone (Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Sierra Leone (Danish)
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| Sierra Leone (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Sierra Leone (Finnish)
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| Sierra Leone (Swedish)
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| Sierra Leone (Polish)
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| Sierra Leone (Romanian)
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| Sierra Leone (Slovak)
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| Sierra Leone (Slovene)
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| Sierra Leone (Catalan)
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| Sierra Leone (Aragonese)
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| Sierra Leone (Akan)
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| Sierra Leone (Welsh)
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| Sierra Leone (Kurdish)
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| Sierra Leone (German)
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| Sierra Leone (Low German)
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| Sierra Leone (Breton)
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| Sierra Leone (Czech)
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| Sierra Leone (Dutch)
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| Sierra Leone (Afrikaans)
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| Sierra Leone (French-P,U,N)
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| Sierra Leone (Faroese)
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| Sierra Leone (Italian)
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| Sierra Leone (Estonian)
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| Sierra Leone (Greenlandic)
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| Sierra Leone (Turkish)
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| Sierra Leone (Occitan)
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| Sierra Leone (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Sierra Leone (Romansh)
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| Sierra Leone (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Sierra Leone (North Ndebele)
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| Sierra Leone (Norwegian)
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| Sierra Leone (Pampanga)
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| Sierra Leone (Northern Sami)
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| Sierra Leone (Shona)
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| Sierra Leone (Swahili (generic))
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| Sierra Leone (Ido)
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| Sierra Leone (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Republic of Sierra Leone (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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| République de Sierra Leone (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Serra Leoa (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Serra Leoa (Galician)
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| Sierra Leona (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Sierra Leona (Basque)
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| República de Sierra Leona (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Сьерра-Леоне (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Сьерра-Леоне (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 塞拉利昂 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 塞拉利昂共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| سيرا وًَن (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً سيرا وًَن (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| SLE (C,O,ISO3L)
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| SL (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO694 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Sierra Leonean (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Sierra Leonian (C,V,English,U,A)
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| סיירה לאון (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Bulubunduking Leona (C,U,Tagalog)
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| i-Sierra Leone (C,U,Zulu)
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| Mons Leoninus (C,U,Latin)
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| Orílẹ́ède Siria looni (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Salewo (C,U,Hausa)
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| Seraa liyon (C,U,Fulah)
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| Serra Leoa - Sierra Leone (C,U,Galician)
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| Siarra Leon (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Siela Lione (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Siera Leon (C,U,Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Siera Leonɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Sieraleonän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Siera Leone (C,U,Albanian)
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| Siera Leone (Luba-Katanga)
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| Siera Leonė (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Sierä-Leône (C,U,Sangho)
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| Siera Leoni (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Siera Leoni (Swahili (generic))
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| Sieraleono (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Sierra Leon (C,U,Cornish)
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| Siérra Leone (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Síerra Leóne (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Sierra Leone nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Sierra Lleona (C,U,Asturian)
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| Sijera Leone (C,U,Croatian)
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| Sijera Leone (Bosnian)
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| Siraaliyoon (C,U,Somali)
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| Siyera Leon (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Siyera Lewɔni (C,U,Bambara)
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| Siyeralewone (C,U,Rundi)
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| Siyeralewone (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Sjerraleone (C,U,Latvian)
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| Xi-ê-ra Lê-ôn (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Xi-ê-ra Lê-ôn (Sierra Leone) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| סיירה לאונה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ሴራሊዮን (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ሴራሊዮን (Amharic)
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| 시에라 리온 (C,U,Korean)
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| เซียร์ราลีโอน (C,U,Thai)
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| Сьєрра-Леоне (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| سیرالئون (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| ประเทศเซียร์ราลีโอน (C,U,Thai)
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| Сиера Леоне (C,U,Serbian)
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| Сиера Леоне (Macedonian)
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| Сиера Леоне (Bulgarian)
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| سيېررا لېئونې (C,U,Uyghur)
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| Сиерра Леоне (C,U,Tajik)
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| Սյերա-Լեոնե (C,U,Armenian)
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| សេរ៉ាឡេអូន (C,U,Khmer)
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| सियरालेओन (C,U,Hindi)
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| سيراليون (C,U,Arabic)
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| სიერა-ლეონე (C,U,Georgian)
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| シエラレオネ (C,U,Japanese)
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| სიერა ლეონე (C,U,Georgian)
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| ሴየራ ሌዎን (C,U,Amharic)
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| சியேரா லியோனி (C,U,Tamil)
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| С'єрра-Леоне (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Σιέρα Λεόνε (C,U,Greek)
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| Сијера Леоне (C,U,Serbian)
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| ເຊຍລາສິອອນ (C,U,Lao)
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| सीएरा लिओन (C,U,Hindi)
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| ସିଓରା ଲିଓନ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| סיארה לאונה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| སེ་ཡར་ར། ལིའོན། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| சியர்ரா லியோன் (C,U,Tamil)
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| سیەرالیۆن (C,U,Kurdish)
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| سیرا لیون (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| સીએરા લેઓન (C,U,Gujarati)
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| Сьера-Леонэ (C,U,Belarusian)
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| 시에라리온 (C,U,Korean)
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| ಸಿಯೆರ್ರಾ ಲಿಯೋನ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| സിയേറാ ലിയോണ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| सिएरा लिओन (C,U,Marathi)
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| সিয়েরালিওন (C,U,Bengali)
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| సియెర్రా లియాన్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| सिएर्रा लिओन (C,U,Nepali)
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| С'єра Леоне (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| سیئر لیون (C,U,Urdu)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence in 1961 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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established 1971 |
| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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British, 1787-1961 |
| protectorate (H) |
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British, proclaimed 1896 |
| colony (H) |
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British, coastal area, 1808-1896 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Freetown .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Sierra Leone, Western Area) [7000380] |
| historical connection .... |
Kquoja Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [8711682] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1961 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
| ................ |
(World) [7029605] |
| ................ |
joined organization in 1961 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| République de Sierra Leone.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
ISO Handbook (1988) 784 |
| Xi-ê-ra Lê-ôn (Sierra Leone).......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2403846 |
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