The capital and largest city of Sierra Leone; Also called: capital of Sierra Leone.
Capital of Sierra Leone, W Africa; It has a naval station and a harbor. Industries include cement, plastics, footwear, and oil refining. Platinum, chromite, diamonds, and gold are traded. It was founded as a settlement for freed slaves in the 1790s.
Hptst. des W-afrik. Staats Sierra Leone, 470 000 Ew.; Wirtsch.- u. Handelszentrum; Univ. (1827 gegr. Fourah Bay College); Hafen, Ölraffinerie. 1787 von freigelassenen Sklaven gegr.