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English
Noun
leone (plural leones)
- A unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents.
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin leōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: le‧ó‧ne
Noun
leone m (plural leoni, feminine leonessa, diminutive leoncèllo or leoncìno)
- lion
- (astrology) Leo, the Zodiac sign for the lion, covering July 23 - August 22
- (heraldry) lion
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Further reading
- leone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin
Noun
leōne
- ablative singular of leō