REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Sierra Leone mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE has 1 sense:

1. a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Republic of Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Sierra Leone"):

capital of Sierra Leone; Freetown (port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone)

Meronyms (members of "Republic of Sierra Leone"):

Sierra Leonean (a native or inhabitant of Sierra Leone)

Domain member region:

Revolutionary United Front; RUF (a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia)

Holonyms ("Republic of Sierra Leone" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)