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 (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə, -ɪɹiə

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin līber

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -iader.

English -ia

English Liberia

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

Proper noun

Liberia

2. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia.
   • 2025 July 9, Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, “Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society whose goal was to resettle freed slaves in Africa.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Liberian

Translations

country in Western Africa

• Afrikaans: Liberië
• Amharic: ላይቤሪያ (layberiya)
• Arabic: لِيبِيرِيَا f (libīriyā), لَيْبِيرْيَا f (laybīryā)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܝܼܒ݂ܪܝܼܵܐ f (līḇrīyā)

• Armenian: Լիբերիա (hy) (Liberia)
• Asturian: Liberia (ast)
• Balinese: Libéria
• Belarusian: Лібе́рыя f (Libjéryja)
• Bengali: লাইবেরিয়া (bn) (laiberiẏa)
• Betawi: Libéria
• 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)
• Indonesian: Liberia (id)
• Interlingua: Liberia
• Irish: An Libéir f
• Italian: Liberia (it) f
• Japanese: リベリア (ja) (Riberia)
• Javanese: Libèria
• 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)
• Māori: 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

  Latin: Lìbērija (sh) f

• Slovak: Libéria f
• Slovene: Libêrija (sl) f
• Spanish: Liberia (es) f
• Sundanese: Liberia
• Swahili: Liberia (sw), Uliberi
• Swedish: Liberia (sv)
• Tajik: Либерия (Liberiya)
• Tamil: லைபீரியா (laipīriyā)
• 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
• Wolaytta: Laybeeriya
• Yoruba: Laberia

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Liberia

1. The provincial capital of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• 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

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
• Hyphenation^(key): Li‧be‧ria

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 (Germany (Berlin)):

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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 in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /libeˈria/ [li.beˈri.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Li‧be‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Liberia

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Noun

Liberia (plural Liberia-Liberia or para Liberia)

1. Liberian

Adjective

Liberia (comparative lebih Liberia, superlative paling Liberia)

1. Liberian

See also

countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Selatan
• Aljazair
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cad
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Khatulistiwa
• Guinea-Bissau
• Jibuti
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Komoro
• Lesoto
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mesir
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pantai Gading
• Republik Afrika Tengah
• Republik Demokratik Kongo
• Republik Kongo
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome dan Principe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Selatan
• Tanjung Verde
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• “Liberia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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): [liˈbɛː.ri.a]

Proper noun

Līberia f sg (genitive Līberiae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	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 in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• 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

Further reading

• “Liberia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbeɾja/ [liˈβ̞e.ɾja]

• Audio (Spain):

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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 in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Kusini
• Algeria ~ Aljeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Chad ~ Chadi
• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
• Jibuti ~ Djibouti
• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
• Kenya
• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaska, Bukini
• Malawi, Unyasa
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mayotte
• Misri, Umisri
• Morisi
• Moroko ~ Maroko
• Msumbiji, Mozambik
• Mtakatifu Helena
• Namibia
• Niger ~ Nijeri
• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
• Rwanda ~ Ruanda
• Réunion
• Sahara ya Magharibi
• Sao Tome na Principe
• Senegal ~ Senegali
• Shelisheli
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Kusini
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uswazi, Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪˈbeːrɪa/

• 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

See also

countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

• Algeriet
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Centralafrikanska republiken
• Demokratiska republiken Kongo
• Djibouti
• Egypten
• Ekvatorialguinea
• Elfenbenskusten
• Eritrea
• Etiopien
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenya
• Komorerna
• Kongo-Brazzaville
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marocko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Moçambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• São Tomé och Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychellerna
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Sydafrika
• Sydsudan
• Tanzania
• Tchad
• Togo
• Tunisien
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• “Liberia”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Welsh

Proper noun

Liberia f (not mutable)

1. Liberia (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• Liberaidd (“Liberian”, adjective)
• Liberiad (“Liberian”, noun)

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• De Swdan
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gini
• Gini Bisaw
• Gini Gyhydeddol
• Gorllewin Sahara
• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
• Gweriniaeth y Congo
• Jibwti
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagasgar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mawrisiws
• Mawritania
• Moroco
• Mosambic
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft