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Liberia
     
Liberia
a country in West Africa on the Atlantic Ocean, next to Sierra Leone. Population: 3,317,176 (2003). Capital: Monrovia. The modern country of Liberia was established in 1822 as a place for black slaves from the southern US to go and live after they had been made free.
—Liberian noun, adjective:
• a Liberian-registered oil tanker
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