Giovanni 1908–2001, Italian political leader: prime minister 1963, 1968; president 1971–78.
Monte, Monte Leone.
1960–65; (Sierra) Leone
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In countries like Sierra Leone, some goods and services are priced in US dollars at grocery stores, thereby increasing the demand for dollars and reducing demand for the leone, the local currency.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023
Mr Bockarie said this went on for eight months, meaning he was owed 4 million leone.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2017
Forex inflows are already up by 30 percent, and after its previous precipitous fall the leone has stabilized at around 4,400 per dollar.
From Reuters • Jun. 10, 2011
That's a fine lion; 'tis a pity you've no lioness to match him; but one such real Rhegium leone is worth a host of counterfeits,—'unus, sane, at Leo'.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
However, the economic and social infrastructure is not well developed, and serious social disorders continue to push down production, exports, and the value of the leone.
From The 1996 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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