Liberia

See also: liberia, libéria, liberià, Libéria, Líbería, Libèria, liberią, and Liberią

English

Liberia

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /laɪˈbɪə̯.ri.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /laɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə, -ɪɹiə

Etymology 1

From Latin līber (“free”) + -ia (“place”).

Proper noun

Liberia

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

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Liberian

Translations

country in Western Africa

• Afrikaans: Liberië
• Amharic: ላይቤሪያ (layberiya)
• Arabic: لِيبِيرِيَا f (libīriyā), لَيْبِيرْيَا f (laybīryā)
• Armenian: Լիբերիա (hy) (Liberia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܝܼܒ݂ܪܝܼܵܐ f (līḇrīyā)
• Belarusian: Лібе́рыя f (Libjéryja)
• Bengali: লাইবেরিয়া (bn) (laiberiẏa)
• Breton: Liberia
• Bulgarian: Либе́рия f (Libérija)
• Burmese: လိုက်ဘေးရီးယား (luikbhe:ri:ya:)
• Catalan: Libèria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利比里亞 (zh) (Lìbǐlǐyà)

• Czech: Libérie (cs) f
• Danish: Liberia (da)
• Dutch: Liberia (nl) n
• Esperanto: Liberio (eo)
• Estonian: Libeeria (et)
• Finnish: Liberia (fi)
• French: Libéria (fr) m
• Galician: Liberia (gl) f
• Georgian: ლიბერია (ka) (liberia)
• German: Liberia (de)
• Greek: Λιβερία (el) f (Livería)
• Hausa: Laberiya
• Hebrew: ליבריה f (liberya)
• Hindi: लाइबेरिया (hi) m (lāiberiyā)
• Hungarian: Libéria (hu)
• Interlingua: Liberia
• Irish: An Libéir f
• Italian: Liberia (it) f
• Japanese: リベリア (ja) (Riberia)
• Kalenjin: Liberia
• Kamba: Liberia
• Kannada: ಲೈಬೀರಿಯ (kn) (laibīriya)
• Kazakh: Либерия (kk) (Liberiä)
• Khmer: លីបេរីយ៉ា (km) (liibeeriiyaa)
• Kikuyu: Liberia
• Korean: 라이베리아 (ko) (Raiberia)
• Kyrgyz: Либерия (Liberiya)
• Latvian: Libērija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Liberija (lt) f
• Luhya: Liberia
• Luo: Liberia
• Macedonian: Либерија f (Liberija)
• Maori: Raipiri
• Marathi: लायबीरिया (lāybīriyā)
• Meru: Liberia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Либери (Liberi)

• Norman: Libérie f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: Liberia (no)
• Persian: لیبریا (fa) (liberiyâ)
• Polish: Liberia (pl)
• Portuguese: Libéria (pt)
• Romanian: Liberia (ro) f
• Russian: Либе́рия (ru) f (Libérija)
• Scots: Liberie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лѝбе̄рија f

  Roman: Lìbērija (sh) f

• Slovak: Libéria f
• Slovene: Libêrija (sl) f
• Spanish: Liberia (es) f
• Swahili: Liberia (sw), Uliberi
• Swedish: Liberia (sv)
• Tajik: Либерия (Liberiya)
• Thai: ไลบีเรีย (th) (lai-bii-riia)
• Tibetan: ལི་བེ་རི་ཡ (li be ri ya)
• Turkish: Liberya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Лібе́рія (uk) f (Libérija)
• Vai: ꕞꔤꔫꕩ (Laibhíya)
• Vietnamese: Li-bê-ri-a
• Yoruba: Laberia

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Liberia

1. The provincial capital of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

See also

• Appendix: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]}

Further reading

• Liberia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Liberia

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Liberia

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Liberia n

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Liberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliberiɑ/, [ˈlibe̞ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Li‧be‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Liberia

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Liberia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Liberia	—
genitive		Liberian	—
partitive		Liberiaa	—
illative		Liberiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Liberia	—
accusative	nom.	Liberia	—
	gen.	Liberian
genitive		Liberian	—
partitive		Liberiaa	—
inessive		Liberiassa	—
elative		Liberiasta	—
illative		Liberiaan	—
adessive		Liberialla	—
ablative		Liberialta	—
allative		Liberialle	—
essive		Liberiana	—
translative		Liberiaksi	—
abessive		Liberiatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Liberia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Liberiani — accusative nom. Liberiani — gen. Liberiani genitive Liberiani — partitive Liberiaani — inessive Liberiassani — elative Liberiastani — illative Liberiaani — adessive Liberiallani — ablative Liberialtani — allative Liberialleni — essive Liberianani — translative Liberiakseni — abessive Liberiattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Liberiasi — accusative nom. Liberiasi — gen. Liberiasi genitive Liberiasi — partitive Liberiaasi — inessive Liberiassasi — elative Liberiastasi — illative Liberiaasi — adessive Liberiallasi — ablative Liberialtasi — allative Liberiallesi — essive Liberianasi — translative Liberiaksesi — abessive Liberiattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Liberiamme — accusative nom. Liberiamme — gen. Liberiamme genitive Liberiamme — partitive Liberiaamme — inessive Liberiassamme — elative Liberiastamme — illative Liberiaamme — adessive Liberiallamme — ablative Liberialtamme — allative Liberiallemme — essive Liberianamme — translative Liberiaksemme — abessive Liberiattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Liberianne — accusative nom. Liberianne — gen. Liberianne genitive Liberianne — partitive Liberiaanne — inessive Liberiassanne — elative Liberiastanne — illative Liberiaanne — adessive Liberiallanne — ablative Liberialtanne — allative Liberiallenne — essive Liberiananne — translative Liberiaksenne — abessive Liberiattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Liberiansa — accusative nom. Liberiansa — gen. Liberiansa genitive Liberiansa — partitive Liberiaansa — inessive Liberiassaan Liberiassansa — elative Liberiastaan Liberiastansa — illative Liberiaansa — adessive Liberiallaan Liberiallansa — ablative Liberialtaan Liberialtansa — allative Liberialleen Liberiallensa — essive Liberianaan Liberianansa — translative Liberiakseen Liberiaksensa — abessive Liberiattaan Liberiattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• liberianmangusti

 

Galician

Alternative forms

• Libéria (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Liberia f

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• liberiano

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbeːʁia/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Liberia n (proper noun, genitive Liberias or (optionally with an article) Liberia)

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• Liberianer
• liberianisch
• Liberier
• liberisch

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)}

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbɛ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Hyphenation: Li‧bè‧ria

Proper noun

Liberia f

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• liberiano

Anagrams

• biliare, liberai, libraie

Latin

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈbe.ri.a/, [liˈbɛːriä]

Proper noun

Līberia f sg (genitive Līberiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Līberia
Genitive	Līberiae
Dative	Līberiae
Accusative	Līberiam
Ablative	Līberiā
Vocative	Līberia

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Liberia

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• liberier
• liberisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Liberia

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• liberiar
• liberisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbɛ.rja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: Li‧be‧ria
• Homophone: liberia

Proper noun

Liberia f (related adjective liberyjski)

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)
2. Liberia (a city in Costa Rica)

Declension

Declension of Liberia

	singular
nominative	Liberia
genitive	Liberii
dative	Liberii
accusative	Liberię
instrumental	Liberią
locative	Liberii
vocative	Liberio

Derived terms

adjective

• liberyjski

 

nouns

• Liberyjczyk
• liberyjczyk
• Liberyjka
• liberyjka

 

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

• Liberia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbeɾja/ [liˈβ̞e.ɾja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɾja
• Syllabification: Li‧be‧ria

Proper noun

Liberia f

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• liberiano

 

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Liberia

1. Liberia (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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Liberia n (genitive Liberias)

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• liberian
• liberiansk
• liberianska
• liberier
• liberisk
• liberiska

Further reading

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