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    REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961play

    Synonyms:

    Republic of Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

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

    Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Sierra Leone"):

    capital of Sierra Leone; Freetown (port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone)

    Meronyms (members of "Republic of Sierra Leone"):

    Sierra Leonean (a native or inhabitant of Sierra Leone)

    Domain member region:

    Revolutionary United Front; RUF (a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia)

    Holonyms ("Republic of Sierra Leone" 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)

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