Monrovia

American  

[muhn-roh-vee-uh] / mənˈroʊ vi ə /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Liberia, in W Africa.

2. a city in SW California.

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Monrovia British  

/ mɒnˈrəʊvɪə /

noun

1. the capital and chief port of Liberia, on the Atlantic: founded in 1822 as a home for freed American slaves; University of Liberia (1862). Pop: 614 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The author also reveals the desperate conditions that beset Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, and the two Americans who were driven by their religious faith to serve the same missionary hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Monrovia City Council requested and lobbied for the bear and her cubs to be relocated into the Angeles National Forest but the decision was never the City’s to make.”

From Los Angeles Times

Currently spread out over a Monrovia rental and various aunts’ houses, the family is in the process of moving into a nearly completed ADU behind their future house, which is now in the framing stage.

From Los Angeles Times

One of her students commutes from Monrovia and does not own a car.

From Los Angeles Times

Nearly one hundred people had just one item on their list as they entered the Home Depot in Monrovia on Saturday: a small ice scraper worth a little less than a dollar.

From Los Angeles Times