Only African capital named after a U.S. president

Usage examples of monrovia.

Hence, this explanation that Monrovia is a nonexistent country and Mungen a non-existent person.

In Africa, there were the ports of Lagos in Nigeria, and Monrovia in Liberia.

In a small nameless community on the northern outskirts of Monrovia, Elizabeth Lincoln, an elderly woman of eighty years, removed the white cloth from the kitchen table and draped it over her head for protection from the sun.

He was interrupted by the hooter of the little paddle steamer from Monrovia to Bathurst, which was coming through the gap in the bar.

They passed Liberia, the republic formed of liberated slaves, and of negroes from America, and brought up a mile or two off Monrovia, its capital.

The Sage of Monrovia who lived with posterity eternally in his thoughts was just about the only contestant left in the field, and the 19-year-old disciple-insearchofa-Messiah helped distribute the pamphlets on all the ships he worked on at a time when, while it was not against the law, you were through working for that line if the officers ever caught you.

Rapid fire now: about the Scruff and Jackie in Johannesburg or Monrovia and the hushed word throughout the illicit arms trade that something was going down at a New York airport this week so stay clear.

During her freshman and sophomore years at Monrovia High School, Leslie was one of the homecoming princesses.

We should be delighted if you would send some American warships to Monrovia and Freetown, and I hope by that time to have Dakar ready for your call.