Liberia
/laɪˈbɪə̯.ri.ə//laɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/
Liberia proper noun: a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean, with Monrovia as its capital. Official name: Republic of Liberia.
Proper noun (1)
Liberia
- A country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean, with Monrovia as its capital. Official name: Republic of Liberia.
- Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society whose goal was to resettle freed slaves in Africa.2025 July 9, Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, “Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa”, in CNN
Proper noun (2)
Liberia
- The provincial capital of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Liberia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Liberia in Hindi
- country in Western Africa
- लाइबेरिया lāiberiyā
Liberia in Tamil
- country in Western Africa
- லைபீரியா laipīriyā
Liberia in Marathi
- country in Western Africa
- लायबीरिया lāybīriyā
Liberia in Urdu
- country in Western Africa
- لائبیریا Lāiberiyā
More languagesFewer languages
- Liberia in Bengali
- লাইবেরিয়া laiberiẏa
- Liberia in Telugu
- లైబీరియా laibīriyā
- Liberia in Malayalam
- ലൈബീരിയ laibīriya
- Liberia in Kannada
- ಲೈಬೀರಿಯ laibīriya
- Liberia in Sinhala
- ලයිබීරියාව layibīriyāwa
- Liberia in Tagalog
- Liberya, Liberia
- Liberia in Arabic
- لِيبِيرِيَا libīriyā, لَيْبِيرْيَا laybīryā
- Liberia in Indonesian
- Liberia
- Liberia in Persian
- لیبریا liberiyâ
- Liberia in Thai
- ไลบีเรีย lai-bii-riia
- Liberia in Vietnamese
- Li-bê-ri-a
- Liberia in Myanmar
- လိုက်ဘေးရီးယား luikbhe:ri:ya:
Origin of Liberia
From Latin līber (“free”) + English -ia (“place”). The name was applied to the West African territory settled under the auspices of the American Colonization Society, from which the modern republic developed.
Words formed from Liberia
Phrases with Liberia
Words that rhyme with Liberia
- hysteria
- bacteria
- Iberia
- criteria
- washeteria
- apteria
- archaebacteria
- arteria
- asteria
- ceria
- corynebacteria
- cryptomeria
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Questions about Liberia
- What does Liberia mean?
- Liberia means a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean, with Monrovia as its capital. Official name: Republic of Liberia.
- What is Liberia in Hindi?
- Liberia in Hindi is लाइबेरिया (lāiberiyā). See Liberia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Liberia?
- Liberia is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Liberia?
- Liberia is pronounced /laɪˈbɪə̯.ri.ə/ (UK).
Words near Liberia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Liberia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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