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Freetown

/ˈfɹiːˌtaʊn/

Freetown proper noun: the capital city of Sierra Leone.

Proper noun

Freetown

  1. The capital city of Sierra Leone.
    • Nearly 17,000 tons of this were accounted for by the haulage of chrome ore from the mine at Hangha to Freetown, a distance of 187½ miles, for shipment.1960 April, H. P. White, “The Railways of Sierra Leone”, in Railway Magazine, page 237
    1. (metonymically) The Sierra Leonian government.
  2. A ghost town in Hale County, Alabama.
  3. A census-designated place in Pershing Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
  4. Synonym of McDonoghville, Louisiana (informal).
  5. Former name of Atholton, Maryland.
  6. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
  7. A town in Cortland County, New York.
  8. A hamlet in the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York.
  9. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
  10. A freedmen's town in Orange County, Virginia.
  11. A village in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
  12. A locality on Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Freetown meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

Freetown in Arabic

capital of Sierra Leone
فْرِيتَاوْن fritāwn

Freetown in Vietnamese

capital of Sierra Leone
Phri-tao

Synonyms of Freetown

Origin of Freetown

From free + town, as being formerly settled by freed slaves.

Words formed from Freetown

Questions about Freetown

What does Freetown mean?
Freetown means the capital city of Sierra Leone.
What is Freetown in Arabic?
Freetown in Arabic is فْرِيتَاوْن (fritāwn). See Freetown meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Freetown?
Freetown is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Freetown?
Freetown is pronounced /ˈfɹiːˌtaʊn/ (UK).

Words near Freetown in the dictionary

  1. freethinkers
  2. freethinking
  3. freethinkings
  4. freethought
  5. freethrow
  6. Freetown
  7. freetrader
  8. freetraders
  9. freets
  10. freety
  11. freeuse

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