Monrovia

See also: Monróvia

English

Etymology

From Monroe +‎ -v- +‎ -ia, in the case of the capital of Liberia after U.S. President James Monroe.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mənˈroʊviə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Monrovia

1. The capital city of Liberia.
2. Several places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Alabama.
   2. A city in San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California.
   3. A town in Monroe Township, Morgan County, Indiana.
   4. An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
   5. A census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland.

Translations

capital of Liberia

• Afrikaans: Monrovia
• Arabic: مُونْرُوفِيَا f (munrūfiyā)
• Armenian: Մոնրովիա (Monrovia)
• Belarusian: Манро́вія f (Manróvija)
• Bulgarian: Монро́вия f (Monróvija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙羅維亞／蒙罗维亚 (zh) (Méngluówéiyǎ)

• Czech: Monrovia f
• Danish: Monrovia
• Dutch: Monrovia (nl) n
• French: Monrovia (fr) f
• Georgian: მონროვია (monrovia)
• German: Monrovia (de) n
• Irish: Monrovia
• Japanese: モンロビア (ja) (Monrobia)
• Khmer: ម៉ុងរ៉ូវីយ៉ា (km) (mongrouviiyaa)
• Korean: 몬로비아 (Mollobia)
• Macedonian: Монровија f (Monrovija)
• Polish: Monrovia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Monróvia (pt) f, Monrovia f
• Russian: Монро́вия (ru) f (Monróvija)
• Slovak: Monrovia f
• Slovene: Monrovija f
• Spanish: Monrovia (es)
• Ukrainian: Монро́вія f (Monróvija)
• Vai: ꖦꗛꗏ (Dukɔ́lɔ)
• Vietnamese: Mô-rô-vi-a

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Monrovia

1. Monrovia (the capital city of Liberia)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmonrovɪja]

Proper noun

Monrovia f (related adjective monrovijský)

1. Monrovia (the capital city of Liberia)

Declension

Declension of Monrovia (sg-only feminine in -ia)

	singular
nominative	Monrovia
genitive	Monrovie
dative	Monrovii
accusative	Monrovii
vocative	Monrovie
locative	Monrovii
instrumental	Monrovií

Further reading

• “Monrovia”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Monrovia f

1. Alternative spelling of Monróvia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈrobja/ [mõnˈro.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -obja
• Syllabification: Mon‧ro‧via

Proper noun

Monrovia ?

1. The capital city of Liberia

Derived terms

• monroviano