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单词 Monrovian
释义 Monrovian, n. and a.
Brit. |mənˈrəʊvɪən|, |mɒnˈrəʊvɪən|, U.S. |mənˈroʊviən|, |mɑnˈroʊviən|
[Monrovia, the name of the capital city of Liberia (see Monrovia n.) + -an suffix.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia.
1852A. Cauldwell Let. 24 Nov. in S. J. Hale Liberia (1853) App. 266 The Monrovians are the most strictly moral, if not the most strictly religious people, I ever saw.1947Nevada State Jrnl. 20 July 11/4 Monrovians worried..over the problem of housing the large number of foreign visitors expected.1970Geogr. Rev. 60 531 During World War I Monrovians were obliged to live on the produce of the country for the first time.2003Vanity Fair Oct. 280/2 They joined the masses of terrified Monrovians, who slogged from one side of the city to the other, trying to avoid the fighting.
B. adj. Of, designating, or relating to Monrovia or its inhabitants.
1854B. Mayer Capt. Canot lxxi. 428, I laid out a shipyard, blacksmith's shop, and sawpit, placing at the head of each, a Monrovian colonist to instruct my slaves.1934J. C. Young Liberia Rediscovered xii. 117 A Monrovian policeman entered the French Consulate to arrest a native employee.2003Time (Electronic ed.) 21 July 6 ‘It's heartbreaking,’ says a U.S. official who visited a Monrovian refugee camp last week.
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