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Freetown.

The capital city of Sierra Leone.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈfɹiːˌtaʊn/UK
  1. The capital city of Sierra Leone.

  2. The capital city of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leonian government.

    metonymically
  3. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Hale County, Alabama.

  4. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Pershing Township, Jackson County, Indiana.

  5. A number of places in the United States: Synonym of McDonoghville, Louisiana (informal).

  6. A number of places in the United States: Former name of Atholton, Maryland.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

  8. A number of places in the United States: A town in Cortland County, New York.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York.

  10. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.

  11. A number of places in the United States: A freedmen's town in Orange County, Virginia.

  12. A village in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.

  13. A locality on Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Where this word comes from

From free + town, as being formerly settled by freed slaves.

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