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SIERRA LEONA [7 records]

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Record 1 2025-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
SL-E
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A province of Sierra Leone.

OBS

SL-E: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
SL-E
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Province de Sierra Leone.

OBS

SL-E : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
SL-E
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Provincia de Sierra Leona.

OBS

SL-E: código reconocido por ISO.

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Record 2 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A native or long-term resident of Sierra Leone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Personne née en Sierra Leone ou qui y habite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
DEF

Persona nativa o habitante de Sierra Leona.

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Record 3 2017-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
SL
classification system code, see observation
SLE
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A country on the coast of West Africa, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in south west, by Liberia in south east and it is half surrounded by Guinea in north and north east.

OBS

Capital: Freetown.

OBS

Inhabitant: Sierra Leonean.

OBS

Sierra Leone: common name of the country.

OBS

SL; SLE: codes recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
SL
classification system code, see observation
SLE
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Pays d’Afrique occidentale, ouvert sur l’océan Atlantique, limité au nord et à l’est par la Guinée-Conakry et au sud-est par le Liberia.

OBS

Capitale : Freetown.

OBS

Habitant : Sierra-Léonien, Sierra-Léonienne.

OBS

Sierra Leone : nom usuel du pays.

OBS

SL; SLE : codes reconnus par l'ISO.

PHR

aller en Sierra Leone, visiter la Sierra Leone

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
SL
classification system code, see observation
SLE
classification system code, see observation
OBS

País de de África occidental, que limita al norte con Guinea y al sureste con Liberia.

OBS

Capital: Freetown.

OBS

Habitante: sierraleonés, sierraleonesa.

OBS

Sierra Leona : nombre usual del país.

OBS

SL; SLE: códigos reconocidos por la ISO.

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Record 4 2017-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

Capital of Sierra Leone.

OBS

Inhabitant: of Freetown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Capitale de la Sierra Leone.

OBS

Habitant : Freetonien, Freetonienne.

OBS

Le nom d'une entité habitée adopte le genre de son générique, par exemple ville, village.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

Capital de Sierra Leona.

OBS

Habitante: de Freetown.

OBS

El nombre de un lugar habitado adopta, en general, el género de su genérico, por ejemplo, "ciudad".

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Record 5 2014-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
Universal entry(ies)
Brachiaria deflexa
Latin
OBS

Brachiaria deflexa (Schumacher) has not yet been stabilized by the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA).

OBS

Guinea Millet: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Grain food (cereals).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Brachiaria deflexa
Latin
OBS

millet de Guinée; fonio à grosses graines : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

Principales espèces de céréales en grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Brachiaria deflexa
Latin
CONT

Digitaria blanca(Digitaria exilis), digitaria negra(Digitaria iburua) y mijo de Guinea(Brachiaria deflexa). Son cereales secundarios de las partes áridas de la zona saheliana del África occidental [...] El mijo de Guinea sólo se cultiva en la meseta de Fouta-Djallon de Guinea y en Sierra Leona.

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Record 6 2002-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

The West African Economic Community merged with the Mano River Union to become the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

OBS

The Mano River Union was established in 1973 to constitute a customs and economic union between the member states (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) in order to improve living standards.

Key term(s)
  • ECWAS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

La Communauté économique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest a fusionné avec l'Union du fleuve Mano pour former la Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Creada en Lagos, Nigeria, en 1975, para fomentar la cooperación económica entre sus miembros. Son países integrantes : Alto Volta, Camerún, Chad, Gambia, Guinea, Bissau, Costa de Marfil, Liberia, Malí, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leona, Togo, Mauritania y Dahomeny. La Comunidad busca la cooperación en los campos de la industria, transporte, telecomunicaciones, energía, agricultura, recursos naturales, comercio, cuestiones monetarias y financieras y empresas de carácter social y cultural.

Key term(s)
  • CEDEAO
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Record 7 1997-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

The basic monetary unit of Sierra Leone.

OBS

Plural: leones.

OBS

SLL: standardized code for the representation of this currency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
OBS

Unité monétaire (Sierra Leone).

OBS

Pluriel : leones.

OBS

SLL : code normalisé pour la représentation de cette monnaie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
OBS

Moneda de Sierra Leona. Unidad fraccionaria : 100 centavos.

OBS

Plural: leones.

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