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Leona

American  
[lee-oh-nuh] / liˈoʊ nə /
Also Leonie

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Coughlin, who had already earned two-and-a-half points this week, ended Leona Maguire's unbeaten singles record.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The third match saw Auston Kim and Rose Zhang from the US dominating Nastasia Nadaud and Leona Maguire, never slipping behind and cruising to a 3&2 win.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit followed that up by holding their nerve to defeat Andrea Lee and Lindy Duncan in another match that went down the 18th.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Its track record in contemporary pop is fairly magical: Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis and Adele went there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Leona, and even though this was the nicest school I’d ever seen, I didn’t want to go there.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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