Monrovia

See also: Monróvia

English

Etymology

From Monroe +‎ -v- +‎ -ia, in the case of the capital of Liberia after U.S. President James Monroe.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mənˈroʊviə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (General American):

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Proper noun

Monrovia

1. The capital city of Liberia.
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Liberia”, in Wetlands.org‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 July 2011, page 1:

     However, between Monrovia (6°20'N/10°46'W) and Buchanan (5°57'N/10°02'W) highlands approach to within 25 km of the coast. East of Buchanan the lowlands reach nearly 100 km inland, in the Cestos Valley, but narrow again to 30 km towards the eastern border.

2. Several places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Alabama.
   2. A city in San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California.
      • 2025 August 14, Leanne Suter, “Man fleeing ICE raid at Home Depot in Monrovia hit and killed by vehicle after running onto 210 Fwy”, in KABC-TV‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 August 2025:

        A man was hit and killed on the 210 Freeway Thursday in Monrovia as he was fleeing from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation at a Home Depot in Monrovia.

   3. A town in Monroe Township, Morgan County, Indiana.
   4. An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
   5. A census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland.

Translations

capital of Liberia

• Afrikaans: Monrovia
• Arabic: مُونْرُوفِيَا f (munrūfiyā)
• Armenian: Մոնրովիա (Monrovia)
• Belarusian: Манро́вія f (Manróvija)
• Bulgarian: Монро́вия f (Monróvija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙羅維亞 / 蒙罗维亚 (zh) (Méngluówéiyà)

• Czech: Monrovia f
• Danish: Monrovia
• Dutch: Monrovia (nl) n
• French: Monrovia (fr) f
• Georgian: მონროვია (monrovia)
• German: Monrovia (de) n
• Irish: Monrovia
• Japanese: モンロビア (ja) (Monrobia)
• Khmer: ម៉ុងរ៉ូវីយ៉ា (km) (mongrouviiyaa)
• Korean: 몬로비아 (Mollobia)
• Macedonian: Монровија f (Monrovija)
• Polish: Monrovia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Monróvia (pt) f, Monrovia f
• Russian: Монро́вия (ru) f (Monróvija)
• Slovak: Monrovia f
• Slovene: Monrovija f
• Spanish: Monrovia (es)
• Ukrainian: Монро́вія f (Monróvija)
• Vai: ꖦꗛꗏ (Dukɔ́lɔ)
• Vietnamese: Mô-rô-vi-a

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Monrovia

1. Monrovia (the capital city of Liberia)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmonrovɪja]

Proper noun

Monrovia f (relational adjective monrovijský)

1. Monrovia (the capital city of Liberia)

Declension

Declension of Monrovia (sg-only feminine in -ia)

	singular
nominative	Monrovia
genitive	Monrovie
dative	Monrovii
accusative	Monrovii
vocative	Monrovie
locative	Monrovii
instrumental	Monrovií

Further reading

• “Monrovia”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

Alternative forms

• Monrowia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔnˈrɔ.vja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔvja
• Syllabification: Mon‧ro‧via

Proper noun

Monrovia f (related adjective monrowijski)

1. Monrovia (the capital city of Liberia)

Declension

Declension of Monrovia

	singular
nominative	Monrovia
genitive	Monrovii
dative	Monrovii
accusative	Monrovię
instrumental	Monrovią
locative	Monrovii
vocative	Monrovio

Derived terms

nouns

• monrowijczyk
• monrowijka

References

• Monrovia in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Monrovia f

1. alternative spelling of Monróvia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈrobja/ [mõnˈro.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -obja
• Syllabification: Mon‧ro‧via

Proper noun

Monrovia ?

1. the capital city of Liberia

Derived terms

• monroviano