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Liberia

li·be·ria

UK/laɪˈbɪə̯.ri.ə/ US/laɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/ rare

noun

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a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves

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From Latin līber (“free”) + English -ia (“place”).

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