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• Leon
  Leon

  noun

  a male given name, form of Leo.
• León
  León

  noun

  a province in NW Spain: formerly a kingdom. 5,936 sq. mi. (15,375 sq. km).

Leon

¹ American  

[lee-on] / ˈli ɒn /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Leo.

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León ² American  

[ley-ohn, le-awn] / leɪˈoʊn, lɛˈɔn /

noun

1. a province in NW Spain: formerly a kingdom. 5,936 sq. mi. (15,375 sq. km).

2. the capital of this province.

3. a city in W Guanajuato, in central Mexico.

4. a city in W Nicaragua: the former capital.

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León British  

/ leˈɔn /

noun

1. a region and former kingdom of NW Spain, which united with Castile in 1230

2. a city of NW Spain: capital of the kingdom of León (10th century). Pop: 135 634 (2003 est)

3. Official name: León de los Aldamas.  a city in central Mexico, in W Guanajuato state: commercial centre of a rich agricultural region. Pop: 1 438 000 (2005 est)

4. a city in W Nicaragua: one of the oldest towns of Central America, founded in 1524; capital of Nicaragua until 1855; university (1812). Pop: 168 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Billionaire Leon Black and departing Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler are scheduled to appear before the committee in the coming weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Connor Bishop, 24, was sentenced to two years and eight months and Leon O'Leary, 41, was jailed for three years and one month.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The group is likely to beef up its production quotas by "188,000 barrels a day", said Jorge Leon, analyst at Rystad Energy, similar to recent increases.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Leon Panetta has been in politics as long as any of us can remember.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

It’s been a week since Leon Mosley died.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson