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Definition: Liberia |
LiberiaNoun1. A republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Liberia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1852. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Liberia An independent republic of western Africa settled by free negroes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A civil war that began in December 1989 created many refugees and destroyed the Liberian economy.
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| National motto: The love of liberty brought us here. | |||||
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| Official language | English | ||||
| Capital | Monrovia | ||||
| President | Gyude Bryant | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 101st 111,370 km² 1% | ||||
| Population
- Total - Density | Ranked 129th
3,317,176 (2003) 26.3/km² | ||||
| Independence | July 26, 1847 | ||||
| Currency | Liberian dollar | ||||
| Time zone | UTC | ||||
| National anthem | All Hail, Liberia Hail | ||||
| Internet TLD | .LR | ||||
| Calling Code | 231 | ||||
Liberia was settled by freed American slaves in the early 1800s, and this is where the country gets its name from. Liberia became a republic in 1847.
These freed slaves were called Americo-Liberians, and became an elite group living on the coast of the country. Under their rule the country made much economic progress.
The Americo-Liberians, though, had little in common with the tribal communities living inland. One of these tribes were the Krahn, to which Samuel Doe belonged. In 1980 Doe staged a coup, and executed the President of nine-years William R. Tolbert, Jr in his mansion.
Despite his military regime, Doe made strong ties with the United States in the early 1980s, receiving a lot of money for pushing out the Soviet Union from the country, and allowing exclusive rights for the US to use Liberia's ports and land.
Doe continued his authoritarian policies, banning newspapers, outlawing opposition parties and holding staged elections.
In late 1989, Doe was outsted by Charles Taylor, Yormie Johnson and members of the Gio tribe, creating a civil war. The conflict intensified in mid-2003, when the fighting moved closer to Monrovia. As a result, Charles Taylor accepted an asylum offer by Nigeria, but vowed: "God willing, I will be back."
See also: List of Presidents of Liberia
Liberia is divided into 13 counties:
Liberia is situated in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean. The landscape is characterised by mostly flat to rolling coastal plains, which rise to rolling plateau and low mountains in the northeast. The climate is tropical: hot and humid. Winters are dry with hot days and cool to cold nights. Summers are wet and cloudy with frequent heavy showers.
The Liberian economy depended heavily on the export of iron ore. The long civil war has destroyed much of the country's infrastructure and Liberia is dependent on foreign aid.Politics
Main article: Politics of Liberia
Counties
Main article: Counties of LiberiaGeography
Main article: Geography of LiberiaEconomy
Main article: Economy of Liberia
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
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| Independence Day | July 26 |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Liberia."
Synonym: LiberiaSynonym: Republic of Liberia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Liberia |
| English words defined with "Liberia": capital of Liberia ♦ Krooman ♦ Liberian, Liberian capital, Liberian dollar ♦ Monrovia ♦ Republic of Liberia. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Liberia": Africa, Western ♦ lr. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Liberia" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (Liberia), Esperanto (Liberian), German (Liberia, Liberia (lr)), Italian (Liberia), Spanish (Liberia), Swedish (Liberia). |
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 | Human infection with monkeypox-like virus in 4 year-old female in Bondua, Grand Gedeh County, Liberia. This infection was caused by a pox virus of the vaccinia, variola, monkeypox type.Credit: CDC. |  | Shoran station in Liberia Combined operations party of George Morris Shoran used to control airplane conducting photogrammetric operations.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A PHS nurse ... vaccinating a native girl in the "bush" country of Liberia.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | United States Public Health Service Mission to Liberia, May 1947.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | "Kroomen" from Monrovia, Liberia, on board, in January-February 1867, while the ship was cruising along the west African coast en route from the U.S. to the East Indies station. These men appear to be wearing Navy uniforms and may be members of Sacramento's crew.Credit: NAVY. |  | The U.S. Legation at Monrovia, Liberia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Modernizing Liberia.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.S. forces establish bases in Liberia. Members of the U.S. Army Engineers Corps stationed in Liberia set out in a tropical drizzle to begin their day's work. Chiefly composed of Negro units, the U.S. forces are stationed in the African Negro Republic at.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | American troops on way to Liberia, Africa. The American soldiers shown here on the deck of a transport, composed chiefly of Negro units, are headed for Liberia, African Negro Republic, after the U.S. government entered into an defense agreement with Liber.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Centennial Victory Exposition Monrovia 1947-1949 Liberia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany recognises that all treaties and arrangements between her and Liberia terminated as from August 4, 1917. (reference) |
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Health | It is recognized in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, as well as Nigeria. (references) | |
In some areas of Sierra Leone and Liberia, it is known that 10%-16% of people admitted to hospitals have Lassa fever, which indicates the serious impact of the disease on the population of this region. (references) | ||
Children | Liberia | The National Military Families Association of Liberia (NAMFA) tries to provide for orphaned military children; it has registered 650 street children. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Guinea | In June the Government closed the border with Liberia and reportedly expelled approximately 100 refugees. (references) |
Gambia | The country hosts approximately 8,000 refugees from Sierra Leone, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and other countries. (references) | |
Economic History | Liberia | There are 15 counties in Liberia. (references) |
Liberia | Liberia has 40% of West Africa's rain forest. (references) | |
Liberia | Mayors are elected in principal cities in Liberia. (references) | |
Human Rights | Liberia | In May Alphonse Nimene, the leader of the University of Liberia Student Union, and several others also fled the country. (references) |
Liberia | There continued to be reports during the year of attacks by fighters based in Liberia on Guinean border towns, which caused numerous deaths. (references) | |
Guinea | Between January and April, the army crossed into northern Sierra Leone on a number of occasions in pursuit of RUF rebels and other attackers from Sierra Leone and Liberia. (references) | |
Political Economy | Liberia | Bilateral and multilateral sanctions imposed on Liberia over the past several months have also entered the equation. (references) |
Guinea | Soldiers, police, and civilian militia groups killed, beat, and raped citizens, as well as refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia. (references) | |
Sierra Leone | At year's end, approximately 200,000 persons remained outside the country on their own or in refugee camps, primarily in Guinea and Liberia. (references) | |
Trade | Liberia | Currently, banks in Liberia operate only as a repository for funds. (references) |
Guinea | Guinea is a member of the Mano River Union, which creates a customs union between Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. (references) | |
Travel | Liberia | Travel anywhere in Liberia after dark is discouraged. (references) |
Women | Liberia | Prior to the onset of the civil war in 1989, approximately 50 percent of women in rural areas between the ages of 8 and 18 were subjected to FGM. A local organization, Human Rights Watch Women and Children, which does not receive government funding, launched a campaign during the year to eradicate FGM. The Association of Female Lawyers in Liberia (AFELL) also has spoken out against FGM. Social structures and traditional institutions, such as the secret societies that often performed FGM as an initiation rite, were undermined by the war. (references) |
Worker Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | Women principally are trafficked to the country from Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, and Asian countries. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Liberia" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Liberia" is used about 244 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 244 | 19,120 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Liberia": capital of Liberia ♦ Republic of Liberia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
liberia | 2,812 | civil liberia war | 15 |
liberia news | 459 | information liberia | 15 |
liberia costa rica | 185 | liberia flag | 14 |
liberia monrovia | 150 | liberia photo | 13 |
history liberia | 149 | liberia map monrovia | 13 |
liberia map | 115 | republic of liberia | 13 |
liberia hotel | 97 | com liberia | 11 |
charles liberia taylor | 79 | liberia new | 11 |
liberia connection | 76 | liberia perspective | 10 |
latest liberia news | 35 | capital liberia | 10 |
connection.com liberia | 34 | embassy liberia | 10 |
liberia post | 28 | liberia president | 10 |
liberia picture | 27 | bbc liberia | 9 |
liberia war | 27 | liberia news.com | 9 |
africa liberia | 27 | liberia soccer | 9 |
current liberia news | 27 | 1990 in liberia monrovia war | 9 |
in liberia war | 19 | civil in liberia war | 8 |
africa liberia west | 19 | government liberia | 8 |
from liberia news | 18 | liberia online | 8 |
bbc liberia news | 17 | liberia ruf | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "Liberia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | Liberië. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Liberi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Либерия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 利"里亚. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Libérie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Liberia (Republic of Liberia, The Republic of Liberia), republikken Liberia (Republic of Liberia, The Republic of Liberia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Liberia (Republic of Liberia, The Republic of Liberia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Liberio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Liberian tasavalta (Republic of Liberia), Liberia (Republic of Liberia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Libéria (Republic of Liberia, The Republic of Liberia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Liberia (Liberia (lr), Republic of Liberia, The Republic of Liberia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Λιβερία (Republic of Liberia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Libéria (livery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Liberia (Republic of Liberia, The Republic of Liberia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リベット接合 (determination of a loser to win the next time, liberal, liberalism, liberalist, repair, revenge, revolver, revolving, revolving loan, revolvingsystem, ribosome, rivet connection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リベリア . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 리 리아. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Yn Laibeer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iberialay Libertador (emasculate, life saver, rescuer, saver), Libéria (libertine, Republic of Liberia), República da Libéria (Republic of Liberia). (various references) "иберия, Либерия. (various references) liberija. (various references) Liberia (Republic of Liberia). (various references) Liberia (Republic of Liberia). (various references) ชื่อประเทศสาธาร"รัฐหนึ่งในแอฟริกาตะวันตก ก่อตั้งขึ้นโ"ยทาสของสหรัฐอเมริกาที่ไ"้รับอิส. (various references) Liberya. (various references) Ліберія. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Liberia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ilbery, Kibria, Laseria, libere, Liberec, liberial, Liberica, Liberta, Librair, liburnica, Liebriech, Ligeia, Llobera, Lobaria, Lydbury, Ribeirao. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-r" | |
-1 letter: bailer, bailie, librae. | |
-2 letters: abler, alibi, ariel, baler, biali, birle, blare, blear, brail, liber, libra, libri. | |
-3 letters: able, abri, aril, bail, bale, bare, bear, bier, bile, birl, blae, brae, brie, earl, ilea, ilia, lair, lari, lear, liar, lier, lira, lire, liri, rail, rale, real, rial, riel, rile. | |
-4 letters: ail, air, alb, ale, arb, are. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-r" | |
+1 letter: bilinear. | |
+2 letters: airmobile, bairnlier, diablerie, fibrillae, illiberal, irascible, irritable, libraries, vibratile. | |
+3 letters: bairnliest, bipolarize, brilliance, diableries, equilibria, fibrillate, herbicidal, impartible, invariable, liberalise, liberalism, liberalist, liberality, liberalize, liberating, liberation, ribaldries, stabilizer, verifiable. | |
+4 letters: antiliberal, arabilities, bearability, bibliolater, billionaire, bimillenary, biomaterial, biometrical, bioregional, bipartitely, bipolarized, bipolarizes, brilliances, bristletail, brutalities, certifiable, certifiably, detribalize, equilibrant, equilibrate, erasability, fibrillated, fibrillates, fireballing, illiberally, infrangible, inheritable, intertribal, invariables, irradicable, liberalised, liberalises, liberalisms, liberalists, liberalized, liberalizer, liberalizes, liberations, libertarian, libertinage, lubricative, marbleising, marbleizing, memorabilia, operability, prebiblical, prelibation, rainbowlike, readability, rectifiable, reliability, rentability, restabilize, reusability, salubrities, satirizable, stabilizers, verbalistic, verbalizing, vitrifiable, wearability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 62 65 72 69 61 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. -... . .-. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01100010 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i b e r i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0062 0065 0072 0069 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46756871847567 |
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