Sierra Leone

See also: Síerra Leóne

English

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/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

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

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

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

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sjɛra lɛonɛ]

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f (related adjective sierraleonský, demonym Sierraleoňan)

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sierra Leona, from Portuguese Serra Leoa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʃɛ.raː.leːˈoː.nə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Si‧er‧ra Le‧o‧ne
  • Rhymes: -oːnə

Proper noun

Sierra Leone n

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

< Spanish Sierra Leona

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsie̯rːɑ ˈleone/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯rːɑ̝ ˈle̞o̞ne̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈsie̯rːɑˌleone/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯rːɑ̝ˌle̞o̞ne̞]

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsijɛrːɒ ˌlɛoːnɛ]
  • 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

  • Sierra Leone-i

Italian

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsjɛr.ra lɛˈɔ.nɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɛ

Proper noun

Sierra Leone n (undeclinable)

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

adjective
  • sierraleoński
nouns
  • Sierraleonka
  • Sierraleończyk

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Sierra Leone f

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

See also

Tatar

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Sierra Leone

  1. Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Declension

See also

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