The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.
Sierra Leone
(see-ER-uh lee-OHN, lee-OH-nee) Republic in western Africa, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea to the north and east, and Liberia to the south. Freetown is its capital and largest city.
‡ After the American Revolutionary War, attempts were made to settle freed slaves in Sierra Leone. Formerly a British protectorate, Sierra Leone became independent in 1961.
