Freetown
Meanings
name
- The capital city of Sierra Leone.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A ghost town in Hale County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Pershing Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
- Synonym of McDonoghville, Louisiana (informal).
- 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.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From free + town, as being formerly settled by freed slaves.
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