英语词汇monrovia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Monrovia. Monrovia, the seaport capital of Liberia, was named for U.S. president James Monroe in 1822 when the American Colonization Society founded it as a haven for ex- slaves from the United States. Mencken quotes a Liberian dip- lomat who says that the descendants of these American slaves, now Liberia’s ruling class, “prefer to be called . . . Monrovian Liberians to distinguish themselves from the natives of the hin- terland, who are generally called by their tribal names.” Monro- via is the only world capital, except Washington, D.C., that is named for an American president.

词汇	monrovia
词源	Monrovia. Monrovia, the seaport capital of Liberia, was named for U.S. president James Monroe in 1822 when the American Colonization Society founded it as a haven for ex- slaves from the United States. Mencken quotes a Liberian dip- lomat who says that the descendants of these American slaves, now Liberia’s ruling class, “prefer to be called . . . Monrovian Liberians to distinguish themselves from the natives of the hin- terland, who are generally called by their tribal names.” Monro- via is the only world capital, except Washington, D.C., that is named for an American president.
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