LIBERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Liberia mean? 

• LIBERIA (noun)
  The noun LIBERIA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves

  Familiarity information: LIBERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIBERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Liberia; Republic of Liberia

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Liberia"):

capital of Liberia; Liberian capital; Monrovia (the capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia)

Meronyms (members of "Liberia"):

Liberian (a native or inhabitant of Liberia)

Holonyms ("Liberia" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Derivation:

Liberian (of or relating to Liberia or its people)

 Context examples 

Denotes the inhabitants of Liberia, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Liberian, NCI Thesaurus)

U.S. federal health officials say the mysterious illness that has killed 13 people in Liberia came from a bacteria that can lead to the fatal brain disease meningitis.

(Experts Link Fatal Mystery Illness in Liberia to Meningitis Bacteria, VOA)