Meanings
nounLiberian (plural Liberians)
plural Liberians
- A person from Liberia or of Liberian descent.
Several Liberians voiced their offense over Trump’s comment to Boakai, given the US president’s past remarks on African countries and the colonial legacy left by the US organization in Liberia.
2025 July 9, Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, “Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa”, in CNN
adjectiveLiberian (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Liberia or the Liberian people.
“I felt insulted because our country is an English-speaking country,” Archie Tamel Harris, a Liberian youth advocate, told CNN.
2025 July 9, Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, “Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa”, in CNN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁lewdʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁léwdʰeros
- Proto-Italic*louðeros
- Old Latinloeber
- Latinlīber
- EnglishLiberia
- EnglishLiberian
Translations
Afrikaans Liberiër, Liberies
- LiberiërA person from Liberia
- Liberiespertaining to Liberia
Catalan liberià, liberià
- liberiàA person from Liberia
- liberiàpertaining to Liberia
Czech Liberijec, liberijský
- LiberijecA person from Liberia
- liberijskýpertaining to Liberia
Dutch Liberiaan, Liberiaanse
- LiberiaanA person from Liberia
- LiberiaanseA person from Liberia
- Liberiaanspertaining to Liberia
Estonian libeerlane
- libeerlaneA person from Liberia
Finnish liberialainen, liberialainen
- liberialainenA person from Liberia
- liberialainenpertaining to Liberia
French Libérien, Libérienne
- LibérienA person from Liberia
- LibérienneA person from Liberia
German Liberianer, Liberianerin
- LiberianerA person from Liberia
- LiberianerinA person from Liberia
- liberianischpertaining to Liberia
Hindi लाइबेरियाई, लाइबेरियाई
- लाइबेरियाई (lāiberiyāī)A person from Liberia
- लाइबेरियाई (lāiberiyāī)pertaining to Liberia
Hungarian libériai, libériai
- libériaiA person from Liberia
- libériaipertaining to Liberia
Icelandic Líberíumaður, líberískur
- LíberíumaðurA person from Liberia
- líberískurpertaining to Liberia
Irish Libéarach, Libéarach
- LibéarachA person from Liberia
- Libéarachpertaining to Liberia
Italian liberico, liberico
- libericoA person from Liberia
- libericopertaining to Liberia
Lithuanian liberas, liberė
- liberasA person from Liberia
- liberėA person from Liberia
Norwegian Bokmål liberier, liberisk
- liberierA person from Liberia
- liberiskpertaining to Liberia
Polish Liberyjczyk, Liberyjka
- LiberyjczykA person from Liberia
- LiberyjkaA person from Liberia
- liberyjskipertaining to Liberia
Portuguese liberiano, liberiano
- liberianoA person from Liberia
- liberianopertaining to Liberia
Romanian liberian, liberiană
- liberianA person from Liberia
- liberianăA person from Liberia
- liberianpertaining to Liberia
Russian либери́ец, либери́йка
- либери́ец (liberíjec)A person from Liberia
- либери́йка (liberíjka)A person from Liberia
- либери́йский (liberíjskij)pertaining to Liberia
Spanish liberiano, liberiano
- liberianoA person from Liberia
- liberianopertaining to Liberia
Swahili Mliberia, Mliberi
- MliberiaA person from Liberia
- MliberiA person from Liberia
- Kilberiapertaining to Liberia
- Kiliberipertaining to Liberia
Swedish liberiansk, liberisk
- liberianskpertaining to Liberia
- liberiskpertaining to Liberia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Liberian
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Cite this entry
APA
Liberian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liberian
MLA
“Liberian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liberian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Liberian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liberian.
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