Liberia

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UK/laɪˈbɪə̯.ri.ə/US/laɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/

proper noun

A country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean, with Monrovia as its capital. Official name: Republic of Liberia.

OriginLatin līber ← Old Latin loeber ← Proto-Italic *louðeros →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

Liberia1

proper noun
  1. 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

Liberia2

proper noun
  1. The provincial capital of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lewdʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léwdʰeros
  3. Proto-Italic*louðeros
  4. Old Latinloeber
  5. Latinlīber
  6. EnglishLiberia

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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Translations

Afrikaans Liberië
  • Liberiëcountry in Western Africa
Arabic لِيبِيرِيَا, لَيْبِيرْيَا
  • لِيبِيرِيَا (libīriyā)country in Western Africa
  • لَيْبِيرْيَا (laybīryā)country in Western Africa
Basque Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Bengali লাইবেরিয়া
  • লাইবেরিয়া (laiberiẏa)country in Western Africa
Bulgarian Либе́рия
  • Либе́рия (Libérija)country in Western Africa
Catalan Libèria
  • Libèriacountry in Western Africa
Chinese Mandarin 利比里亞
  • 利比里亞 (Lìbǐlǐyà)country in Western Africa
Czech Libérie
  • Libériecountry in Western Africa
Danish Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Dutch Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Esperanto Liberio
  • Liberiocountry in Western Africa
Estonian Libeeria
  • Libeeriacountry in Western Africa
Finnish Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
French Libéria
  • Libériacountry in Western Africa
German Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Greek Λιβερία
  • Λιβερία (Livería)country in Western Africa
Hebrew לִיבֶּרְיָה
  • לִיבֶּרְיָה (libérya)country in Western Africa
Hindi लाइबेरिया
  • लाइबेरिया (lāiberiyā)country in Western Africa
Hungarian Libéria
  • Libériacountry in Western Africa
Icelandic Líbería
  • Líberíacountry in Western Africa
Indonesian Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Irish An Libéir
  • An Libéircountry in Western Africa
Italian Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Japanese リベリア
  • リベリア (Riberia)country in Western Africa
Korean 라이베리아
  • 라이베리아 (Raiberia)country in Western Africa
Latvian Libērija
  • Libērijacountry in Western Africa
Lithuanian Liberija
  • Liberijacountry in Western Africa
Māori Raipiri
  • Raipiricountry in Western Africa
Norwegian Bokmål Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Persian لیبریا
  • لیبریا (liberiyâ)country in Western Africa
Polish Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Portuguese Libéria
  • Libériacountry in Western Africa
Romanian Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Russian Либе́рия
  • Либе́рия (Libérija)country in Western Africa
Slovak Libéria
  • Libériacountry in Western Africa
Spanish Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Swahili Liberia, Uliberi
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
  • Ulibericountry in Western Africa
Swedish Liberia
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Tagalog Liberya, Liberia
  • Liberyacountry in Western Africa
  • Liberiacountry in Western Africa
Tamil லைபீரியா
  • லைபீரியா (laipīriyā)country in Western Africa
Thai ไลบีเรีย
  • ไลบีเรีย (lai-bii-riia)country in Western Africa
Turkish Liberya
  • Liberyacountry in Western Africa
Ukrainian Лібе́рія
  • Лібе́рія (Libérija)country in Western Africa
Urdu لائبیریا
  • لائبیریا (Lāiberiyā)country in Western Africa
Vietnamese Li-bê-ri-a
  • Li-bê-ri-acountry in Western Africa

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Liberia

criteriaNigeriaSyriaAlgeriacafeteriaSiberiaIberiahysteriamateriadiphtherialisteriaElyriaAssyriaferiaplumeriaimperiaporphyriaCyberiaStyriaIllyriaarteriaprogeriaceriaEgeria
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Cite this entry
APA

Liberia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liberia

MLA

“Liberia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liberia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Liberia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liberia.

Source: Liberia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.