Freetown
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Freetown
- /ˈfɹiːˌtaʊn/ UK
Where it comes from
From free + town, as being formerly settled by freed slaves.
proper noun
- The capital city of Sierra Leone. Nearly 17,000 tons of this were accounted for by the haulage of chrome ore from the mine at Hangha to Freetown, a distance of 187½ miles, for shipment.
- The Sierra Leonian government.
- A ghost town in Hale County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Pershing Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
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Synonym of McDonoghville, Louisiana (informal).
Similar: McDonoghville, Louisiana
- Former name of Atholton, Maryland.
- A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
- A town in Cortland County, New York.
- A hamlet in the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
- A freedmen's town in Orange County, Virginia.
- A village in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
- A locality on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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Talk about this word "Freetown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/freetown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Freetown. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/freetown "Freetown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/freetown.Cite this
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title = {Freetown},
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