Freetown en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɹiːˌtaʊn/ (UK)
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Etymology
From free + town, as being formerly settled by freed slaves.
Meanings
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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 14, H. P. White, “The Railways of Sierra Leone”, in Railway Magazine, page 237:
- (metonymically) The capital city of Sierra Leone. ▸ The Sierra Leonian government.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Hale County, Alabama.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Pershing Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ Synonym of McDonoghville, Louisiana (informal).
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ Former name of Atholton, Maryland.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Cortland County, New York.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A hamlet in the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A freedmen's town in Orange County, Virginia.
- A village in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
- A locality on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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Translations (17)
ru Фрита́ун (capital of Sierra Leone) · ko 프리타운 (capital of Sierra Leone) · eo Fritaŭno (capital of Sierra Leone) · es Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone) · vi Phri-tao (capital of Sierra Leone) · it Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone) · uk Фріта́ун (capital of Sierra Leone) · pt Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone) · pl Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone) · af Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone) · cs Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone) · ja フリータウン (capital of Sierra Leone) · lt Fritaunas (capital of Sierra Leone) · he פריטאון (capital of Sierra Leone) · da Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone) · ar فْرِيتَاوْن (capital of Sierra Leone) · cmn 弗里敦 (capital of Sierra Leone)