Liberia in other languages: exonyms, Monrovia, counties and ISO codes
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, has English as its official language and the ISO 3166-1 codes LR, LBR and 430. Its name is listed in 169 languages and Monrovia in 67, followed by the 15 counties with their ISO 3166-2 codes and the anthem.
Official languagesEnglish
Checked
- alpha-2
- LR
- alpha-3
- LBR
- numeric
- 430
Republic of Liberia
- English
- LiberiaRepublic of Liberia
- Capital
- MonroviaMonrovia
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Liberia in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Aragonese, Asturian, Breton, Welsh, Danish, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, Galician, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Limburgish, Lingala, Ladin, Malagasy, Nahuatl, Dutch, Norwegian, Novial, Polish, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Northern Sami, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Albanian, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Walloon | eng / arg / ast / bre / cym / dan / eus / fao / fin / fkv / glg / ina / ind / ita / jav / lat / lim / lin / lld / mlg / nah / nld / nor / nov / pol / roh / ron / rup / sme / sot / spa / sqi / stq / swa / swe / wln | Liberia | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Lithuanian, Slovenian | dsb / hrv / hsb / lit / slv | Liberija | same as written |
| Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak, Sardinian, Tetum | hun / por / slk / srd / tet | Libéria | same as written |
| Bambara, Hausa, Kinyarwanda, Rundi | bam / hau / kin / run | Liberiya | same as written |
| Haitian Creole, Tagalog, Turkish, Zazaki | hat / tgl / tur / zza | Liberya | same as written |
| Catalan, Franco-Provençal, Occitan | cat / frp / oci | Libèria | same as written |
| Czech, Jersey Norman French, Norman French | ces / jnf / nrm | Libérie | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak | crh / gag / kaa | Liberiya / Либерия | Liberiya |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Liberia | same as written |
| Estonian, Wolof | est / wol | Libeeria | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Liberië | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Liberiya / Либерија | Liberiya |
| Bosnian | bos | Liberija / Либерија / لٖىبەرٖىيا | Liberija |
| Cornish | cor | Liberi | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Liberio | same as written |
| French | fra | Liberia, Libéria | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Libearia | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Liberie | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Libèiria | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Libéir / An Libéir | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Laibeer | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Laibiria | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Líbería | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Lîberya | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Libērija | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Liberja | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Liberia / Либерия | Liberia |
| Malay | msa | Liberia / ليبيريا | Liberia |
| Quechua | que | Libirya | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Liberiya / लिबेरिया | Liberiya |
| Sicilian | scn | Libberia | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Liberia / Либериа | Liberia |
| Samogitian | smg | Liberėjė | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Laiperia | same as written |
| Somali | som | Laybeeriya | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | Laipelia | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Liberiýa / Либерия | Liberiýa |
| Uzbek | uzb | Liberiya / Либерия / لىبېرىيە | Liberiya |
| Vietnamese | vie | Li-bê-ri-a | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Liberän | same as written |
| Võro | vor | Libeeriä | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iLiberiya | same as written |
| Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abq / alt / ava / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Либерия | Liberija |
| Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian | chv / mon / oss | Либери | Liberi |
| Rusyn, Ukrainian | rue / ukr | Ліберія | Liberija |
| Abkhaz | abk | Либериа | Liberia |
| Bashkir | bak | Либерия / Liberiya | Liberiya |
| Belarusian | bel | Ліберыя / Libieryja, Лібэрыя / Liberyja | Libieryja, Liberyja |
| Chechen | che | Либери / Liberi | Liberi |
| Kazakh | kaz | Либерия / ليبەريا / Lïberïya | Lïberïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Либериэ | Liberiă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Либерия / لىبەرىيا / Liberiya | Liberiya |
| Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic) | kmr | Либери / Lîbêrî | Lîbêrî |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Либерий | Liberij |
| Macedonian | mkd | Либерија | Liberija |
| Serbian | srp | Либерија / Liberija | Liberija |
| Tatar | tat | Либерия / Liberiä / لىبېرىيە | Liberiä |
| Tajik | tgk | Либерия / لیبیریه / Liberija | Liberija |
| Arabic | ara | ليبيريا, لايبيريا, ليبريا | Lībīriyā / Laybīriyā, Lāybīriyā, Lībiriyā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | لیبئرییا / Liberiya | Liberiya |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | لیبێریا / Lîbêrya | Lîbêrya |
| Persian | fas | لیبری / Liberi, لیبریا / Liberiyâ | Liberi, Liberiyâ |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | لائیبیریا | Lāʾībīriyā |
| Dari | prs | لیبریا, لایبریا | Layberiyā, Lāyberiyā |
| Pashto | pus | ليبريا, لايبيريا | Laybiriyā, Lāybīriyā |
| Uyghur | uig | لىۋېرىيە / Liwériye / Либерия | Liwériye |
| Urdu | urd | لائبیریا | Lāʾibīriyā |
| Dhivehi | div | ލައިބީރިއާ | Laibīriā |
| Hebrew | heb | ליבריה | Līberyah |
| Ladino | lad | ליביריה / Liberia | Liberia |
| Yiddish | yid | ליבעריע | Liberye |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵍⵉⴱⴻⵔⵢⴰ / Liberya | Liberya |
| Amharic | amh | ላይቤሪያ, ላይቤርያ | Layberiya, Layberya |
| Greek | ell | Λιβερία | Livería |
| Armenian | hye | Լիբերիա | Liberia |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ლიბერია | Liberia |
| Laz | lzz | ლიბერია / Liberia | Liberia |
| Hindi | hin | लाइबेरिया, लाइबीरिया, लायबीरिया | Lāiberiyā, Lāibīriyā, Lāybīriyā |
| Bengali | ben | লাইবিরিয়া, লাইবেরিয়া | Lāibiriyā, Lāiberiyā |
| Gujarati | guj | લાઈબિરિયા | Lāībiriyā |
| Oriya | ori | ଲାଇବେରିଆ | Lāiberiā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਲਾਈਬੀਰੀਆ | Lāībīrīā |
| Sinhala | sin | ලයිබීරියාව | Layibīriyāva |
| Kannada | kan | ಲೈಬೀರಿಯ | Laibīriya |
| Malayalam | mal | ലൈബീരിയ | Laibīriya |
| Tamil | tam | லைபீரியா | Laipīriyā |
| Telugu | tel | లైబీరియా | Laibīriyā |
| Chinese | zho | 利比里亞/利比里亚 | Lìbǐlǐyà |
| Japanese | jpn | リベリア | Riberia |
| Korean | kor | 라이베리아 | Laiberia |
| Tibetan | bod | ལི་པེ་ལའི་ཡ།, ལི་བེ་རི་ཡ། | Li.pe.lī.ya, Li.be.ri.ya |
| Burmese | mya | လိုက်ဘေးရီးယား | Laiʿbʰèyìyà |
| Thai | tha | ไลบีเรีย | Laibīriya |
| Khmer | khm | លីបេរីយ៉ា | Līberīyā |
Liberija, Liberya, Libeeria: the spellings of Liberia
Liberia keeps its Latin-based name in nearly every language, so the table shows mostly spelling. Slavic and Baltic languages add a j, Liberija in Croatian, Slovenian and Lithuanian, Libērija in Latvian; Turkish, Tagalog and Haitian Creole write Liberya, Estonian and Wolof Libeeria. Russian and the other Cyrillic languages write Либерия, while Chuvash, Mongolian and Ossetian shorten it to Либери. Irish has An Libéir.
Further east the vowels move. Hindi lists three forms, लाइबेरिया, लाइबीरिया and लायबीरिया, all with the English ai; Japanese has リベリア (Riberia) but Korean 라이베리아 (Laiberia), and Arabic offers both ليبيريا and لايبيريا. Persian writes لیبری or لیبریا.
Monrovia also travels with little change. Latvian and Lithuanian say Monrovija, Polish Monrowia, Portuguese and Tetum Monróvia; Greek gives two stresses, Μονροβία and Μονρόβια, and Chuvash, Mongolian and Ossetian again cut the ending, Монрови. In Arabic it is مونروفيا, in Hebrew מונרוביה, in Chinese 蒙羅維亞 (Méngluōwéiyà).
Monrovia in other languages: Monrovija, Monrowia
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, Latin | eng / fra / lat | Monrovia | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Monrovia | same as written |
| Latvian, Lithuanian | lav / lit | Monrovija | same as written |
| Portuguese, Tetum | por / tet | Monróvia | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Monrobia | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Monroviya / Монровија | Monroviya |
| Bosnian | bos | Monrovia / Монровија / مۉنرۉوٖىيا | Monrovia |
| Esperanto | epo | Monrovio | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Monròbhia | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Monrovia | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Monróvía | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Monrovya | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Monrovia / Монровия | Monrovia |
| Malay | msa | Monrovia / مونروۏيا | Monrovia |
| Polish | pol | Monrowia | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Monrovėjė | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Monrobya | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Monrowiýa / Монровия | Monrowiýa |
| Uzbek | uzb | Monroviya / Монровия / مانراۋىيە | Monroviya |
| Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian | chv / mon / oss | Монрови | Monrovi |
| Bulgarian, Russian | bul / rus | Монровия | Monrovija |
| Bashkir | bak | Монровия / Monroviya | Monroviya |
| Belarusian | bel | Манровія / Manrovija | Manrovija |
| Kazakh | kaz | Монровия / مونروۆيا / Monrovïya | Monrovïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Монровиэ | Monroviă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Монровия / مونروۋىيا / Monroviya | Monroviya |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Монровий | Monrovij |
| Serbian | srp | Монровија / Monrovija | Monrovija |
| Tatar | tat | Монровия / Monroviä / مونروۋىيە | Monroviä |
| Tajik | tgk | Монровия / مانراویه / Monrovija | Monrovija |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Монровія | Monrovija |
| Arabic | ara | مونروفيا, منروفيا | Mūnrūfiyā, Munrūfiyā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | مونرووییا / Monroviya | Monroviya |
| Persian | fas | مونروویا / منروویا / Monroviyâ | Monroviyâ |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | مونروویہ | Mōnrōviyâ |
| Pashto | pus | مونروويا | Mōnrōwiyā |
| Uyghur | uig | مونروۋىيە / Monrowiye / Монровия | Monrowiye |
| Urdu | urd | مونروویا | Mōnrōviyā |
| Hebrew | heb | מונרוביה | Mōnrōṿyah |
| Yiddish | yid | מאָנראָװיע | Monrovye |
| Amharic | amh | ሞንሮቪያ | Monroviya |
| Greek | ell | Μονροβία, Μονρόβια | Monrovía, Monróvia |
| Armenian | hye | Մոնրովիա | Monrovia |
| Georgian | kat | მონროვია | Monrovia |
| Hindi | hin | मोन्रोविया | Monroviyā |
| Nepali | nep | मोन्रोभिया | Monrobʰiyā |
| Bengali | ben | মনরোভিয়া | Mônrobʰiyā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਮੋਨਰੋਵੀਆ | Monrovīā |
| Kannada | kan | ಮಾನ್ರೋವಿಯ | Mānrōviya |
| Malayalam | mal | മൊണ്റോവിയ, മണ്റോവിയ | Moṇṟōviya, Maṇṟōviya |
| Tamil | tam | மன்ரோவியா | Maṉrōviyā |
| Telugu | tel | మొన్రొవియా | Monroviyā |
| Chinese | zho | 蒙羅維亞/蒙罗维亚 | Méngluōwéiyà |
| Japanese | jpn | モンロビア | Monrobia |
| Korean | kor | 몬로비아 | Monrobia |
| Tibetan | bod | མོང་རོ་ཝི་ཡ། | Moṅ.ro.wi.ya |
| Thai | tha | มันโรเวีย | Mânrōwiya |
| Khmer | khm | ម៉ុងរ៉ូវៀ | Muṅrūvie |
The 15 counties of Liberia with ISO 3166-2 codes
Liberia is divided into 15 counties, each coded with two letters in ISO 3166-2:LR. The table gives the county, the short name ISO lists and the county seat; the districts of every county are on the subdivisions page.
| ISO 3166-2 | County | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counties15 | ||||
| LR-BM | Bomi County | Bomi | TubmanburgTubmanburg | |
| LR-BG | Bong County | Bong | GbarngaGbarnga | |
| LR-GP | Gbarpolu County | Gbarpolu | BopoluBopolu | 2007 Code added in the second edition of ISO 3166-2 |
| LR-GB | Grand Bassa County | Grand Bassa | BuchananBuchanan | |
| LR-CM | Grand Cape Mount County | Grand Cape Mount | RobertsportRobertsport | |
| LR-GG | Grand Gedeh County | Grand Gedeh | ZwedruZwedru | |
| LR-GK | Grand Kru County | Grand Kru | BarclayvilleBarclayville | |
| LR-LO | Lofa County | Lofa | VoinjamaVoinjama | |
| LR-MG | Margibi County | Margibi | KakataKakata | |
| LR-MY | Maryland County | Maryland | HarperHarper | |
| LR-MO | Montserrado County | Montserrado | BensonvilleBensonville | |
| LR-NI | Nimba County | Nimba | SanniquellieSanniquellie | |
| LR-RG | River Gee County | River Gee | Fish TownFish Town | 2007 Code added in the second edition of ISO 3166-2 |
| LR-RI | Rivercess County | River Cess | RivercessRivercess | |
| LR-SI | Sinoe County | Sinoe | GreenvilleGreenville | |
Codes and short names: ISO 3166-2:LR on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:LR, checked 28 October 2026. ISO writes River Cess with Rivercess as the local variant. Gbarpolu and River Gee were added in the second edition of ISO 3166-2 on 13 December 2007.
County names and their seats
Four county names begin with Grand: Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh and Grand Kru. Two contain River, Rivercess and River Gee, and ISO splits the first into River Cess. Gbarpolu and River Gee are the youngest codes, added in 2007. The seat is often a town with a different name. Montserrado, which contains Monrovia, is governed from Bensonville; Maryland from Harper, Grand Bassa from Buchanan and Sinoe from Greenville.
All Hail, Liberia, Hail!, the national anthem
The two stanzas of the anthem, in English.
- All hail, Liberia, hail! (All hail!) / All hail, Liberia, hail! (All hail!) / This glorious land of liberty / Shall long be ours. / Though new her name, / Great be her fame, / And mighty be her powers, / And mighty be her powers. / In joy and gladness / With our hearts united, / We’ll shout the freedom / Of a race benighted, / Long live Liberia, happy land! / A home of glorious liberty, / By God’s command! / A home of glorious liberty, / By God’s command!
- All hail, Liberia, hail! (All hail!) / All hail, Liberia, hail! (All hail!) / In union strong success is sure. / We cannot fail! / With God above / Our rights to prove, / We will o’er all prevail, / We will o’er all prevail! / With heart and hand our country’s cause defending, / We’ll meet the foe with valour unpretending. / Long live Liberia, happy land! / A home of glorious liberty, / By God’s command! / A home of glorious liberty, / By God’s command!
Questions about Liberia's names and counties
How do you write Monrovia in Greek?
Μονροβία, or with the stress on the second syllable, Μονρόβια.
What is Liberia called in Turkish?
Liberya. Tagalog, Zazaki and Haitian Creole use the same spelling.
How many counties does Liberia have?
Fifteen, coded LR-BG to LR-SI in ISO 3166-2. They are divided into districts.