Sierra Leone

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英文释义

专有名词
  1. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone.

词源

From Italian sierra (“mountain range”) + leone (“lion”) (via Venetian), itself from Portuguese Serra Leoa (“lioness mountains”), as the area was described to the rest of Europe by Venetian explorer Alvise Cadamosto; in reference to the Lion Mountains (named by Pedro de Sintra in 1462).
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