Liberia en · PROPN · etymology 1
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros Proto-Italic *louðeros Old Latin loeber 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”). The name was applied to the West African territory settled under the auspices of the American Colonization Society, from which the modern republic developed.
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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:
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ia Liberia (country in Western Africa) · hu Libéria (country in Western Africa) · fi Liberia (country in Western Africa) · kn ಲೈಬೀರಿಯ (country in Western Africa) · bn লাইবেরিয়া (country in Western Africa) · id Liberia (country in Western Africa) · sw Liberia (country in Western Africa) · si ලයිබීරියාව (country in Western Africa) · luy Liberia (country in Western Africa) · nb Liberia (country in Western Africa) · cmn 利比里亞 (country in Western Africa) · tg Либерия (country in Western Africa) · mt Liberja (country in Western Africa) · gl Liberia (country in Western Africa) · uz Liberiya (country in Western Africa) · fr Libéria (country in Western Africa) · am ላይቤሪያ (country in Western Africa) · sh Lìbērija (country in Western Africa) · uk Лібе́рія (country in Western Africa) · ro Liberia (country in Western Africa) · kam Liberia (country in Western Africa) · kaa Liberiya (country in Western Africa) · mr लायबीरिया (country in Western Africa) · lv Libērija (country in Western Africa) · ast Liberia (country in Western Africa) · jv Libèria (country in Western Africa) · fa لیبریا (country in Western Africa) · nrf Libérie (country in Western Africa) · aii ܠܝܼܒ݂ܪܝܼܵܐ (country in Western Africa) · tl Liberya (country in Western Africa) · gag Liberiya (country in Western Africa) · sv Liberia (country in Western Africa) · hi लाइबेरिया (country in Western Africa) · eu Liberia (country in Western Africa) · ar لِيبِيرِيَا (country in Western Africa) · es Liberia (country in Western Africa) · bg Либе́рия (country in Western Africa) · tr Liberya (country in Western Africa) · sw Uliberi (country in Western Africa) · mer Liberia (country in Western Africa) · te లైబీరియా (country in Western Africa) · af Liberië (country in Western Africa) · kk Либерия (country in Western Africa) · et Libeeria (country in Western Africa) · it Liberia (country in Western Africa) · ar لَيْبِيرْيَا (country in Western Africa) · pt Libéria (country in Western Africa) · ki Liberia (country in Western Africa) · br Liberia (country in Western Africa) · luo Liberia (country in Western Africa) · pl Liberia (country in Western Africa) · sh Лѝбе̄рија (country in Western Africa) · ky Либерия (country in Western Africa) · vai ꕞꔤꔫꕩ (country in Western Africa) · bew Libéria (country in Western Africa) · ta லைபீரியா (country in Western Africa) · my လိုက်ဘေးရီးယား (country in Western Africa) · ur لائبیریا (country in Western Africa) · cs Libérie (country in Western Africa) · mi Raipiri (country in Western Africa) · km លីបេរីយ៉ា (country in Western Africa) · tl Liberia (country in Western Africa) · sl Libêrija (country in Western Africa) · he לִיבֶּרְיָה (country in Western Africa) · az Liberiya (country in Western Africa) · sk Libéria (country in Western Africa) · th ไลบีเรีย (country in Western Africa) · bo ལི་བེ་རི་ཡ (country in Western Africa) · sco Liberie (country in Western Africa) · lt Liberija (country in Western Africa) · su Liberia (country in Western Africa) · eo Liberio (country in Western Africa) · is Líbería (country in Western Africa) · kln Liberia (country in Western Africa) · ga An Libéir (country in Western Africa) · wal Laybeeriya (country in Western Africa) · mn Либери (country in Western Africa) · ru Либе́рия (country in Western Africa) · da Liberia (country in Western Africa) · nl Liberia (country in Western Africa) · tk Liberiýa (country in Western Africa) · sq Liberi (country in Western Africa) · crh Liberiya (country in Western Africa) · de Liberia (country in Western Africa) · ml ലൈബീരിയ (country in Western Africa) · ha Laberiya (country in Western Africa) · el Λιβερία (country in Western Africa) · ban Libéria (country in Western Africa) · ja リベリア (country in Western Africa) · mk Либерија (country in Western Africa) · vi Li-bê-ri-a (country in Western Africa) · be Лібе́рыя (country in Western Africa) · ko 라이베리아 (country in Western Africa) · yo Laberia (country in Western Africa) · ca Libèria (country in Western Africa) · ka ლიბერია (country in Western Africa) · hy Լիբերիա (country in Western Africa)