英语词汇sierra leone的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Sierra Leone. Portuguese sailors off Africa thought they spied a great mountain chain along the west coast and were convinced they heard the roaring of lions coming from those mountains. They thus named the area Sierra Leone, “mountain range of the lions,” a name that the African country Sierra Leo- ne still bears today, even if the Portuguese seafarers did eventu- ally discover that the “mountain range” they saw were great cumulus clouds in the sky and the roaring they heard was the surf breaking on the beach. See also nome; guinea.

词汇	sierra leone
词源	Sierra Leone. Portuguese sailors off Africa thought they spied a great mountain chain along the west coast and were convinced they heard the roaring of lions coming from those mountains. They thus named the area Sierra Leone, “mountain range of the lions,” a name that the African country Sierra Leo- ne still bears today, even if the Portuguese seafarers did eventu- ally discover that the “mountain range” they saw were great cumulus clouds in the sky and the roaring they heard was the surf breaking on the beach. See also nome; guinea.
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