General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Sierra Leone
- Official English country name: The Republic of Sierra Leone
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Sierra Leonean
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Sierra Leone
- ISO country codes: SL, SLE, 694
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SL
- Internet country code top-level domain: .sl
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