| 单词 | sierra leonean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSierra Leˈonean Sierra Leˈonean n. (also Sierra Le'onian) an inhabitant or native of Sierra Leone; also as adj., of or pertaining to Sierra Leone. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of West Africa > [noun] > countries or regions Guinean1589 Kongo1600 Gambian1744 Guinea Negro1748 Congoese1765 Sierra Leonean1791 Congolese1800 Liberian1826 Guinea-man1830 Nigerian1860 Lagosian1897 Basenji1906 Ghanaian1949 assimilado1953 Mali1960 Malian1960 Katangese1962 Biafran1967 Zairean1972 Ivorian1973 Zairois1973 Zairese1974 Upper Voltan1975 Voltaic1976 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of West Africa > [adjective] > countries or regions Congoese1765 Liberian1823 Nigerian1876 Sierra Leonean1910 Voltaic1949 Ghanaian1957 Lagosian1967 1791 A. M. Falconbridge Let. 8 June in Narr. Two Voy. Sierra Leone (1802) iv. 83 The people appear more inclined to industry than the Sierra Leonians. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 680 Bishop Ingram would have been able to write a more cheerful and hopeful book..if the Sierra Leonians had had a thorough grounding in technical culture. 1910 T. J. Alldridge Transformed Colony ix. 75 The Sierra Leonean trader feels all this pretty badly, especially as every Sierra Leonean wants to trade. 1926 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 660/1 Sierra-Leonean solicitors were hurrying to final interviews with retained advocates. 1926 A. R. Slater Introd. Butt-Thompson's Sierra Leone 5 The relations of the ‘Sierra Leonean’ and the European are less intimate than they used to be. 1926 F. W. Butt-Thompson Sierra Leone Pref. 8 The object of the publication of this book is to give Sierra Leoneans a History of their own. 1957 M. Banton West Afr. City vi. 104 At the [1931] census the term ‘Sierra Leonian’ was adopted for persons previously classified as ‘Liberated Africans and their descendants’. 1974 Times 4 May (Sierra Leone Suppl.) p. i/1 Rhythm plays a particularly important role in the way of life of all Sierra Leoneans. 1976 Sunday Times (Lagos) 31 Oct. 5/4 The Sierra Leonian repatriates..played a much greater role. < as lemmas |
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