leone

[ lee-ohn ]

/ liˈoʊn /

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noun

a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.

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Origin of leone

1960–65; (Sierra) Leone

Words nearby leone

Leonard, Leonardesque, Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo of Pisa, Leoncavallo, leone, Leoni, Leonid, Leonidas, leonine, leonine rhyme

Other definitions for leone (2 of 2)

Leone

[ le-aw-ne ]

/ lɛˈɔ nɛ /

noun

Gio·van·ni

[jaw-vahn-nee], /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/, 1908–2001, Italian political leader: prime minister 1963, 1968; president 1971–78.

Monte, Monte Leone.

How to use leone in a sentence

Leone’s scientific bet is that adding correct copies of ASPA to specific brain cells called oligodendrocytes could stop the disease from progressing, and maybe allow for some recovery.
This family raised millions to get experimental gene therapy for their children|Antonio Regalado|April 13, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Leone, one of the channel’s few original stars, often draws millions of viewers to each show.
Bon Appétit takes down a ‘dangerous’ video on canning seafood after experts warn of botulism risk|Emily Heil|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
Chernon Bah, co-founder of A World at School, was alarmed by what she witnessed recently in Sierra Leone.
The Radio Battle to Educate Ebola’s Kids|Abby Haglage|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Liberia, the number is just over 54 percent—Sierra Leone, 67 percent.
The Radio Battle to Educate Ebola’s Kids|Abby Haglage|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In Sierra Leone, the WHO report reads, “steep increases persist.”
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families|Abby Haglage|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We know the outbreak is still flaming strongly in western Sierra Leone and some parts of the interior of Guinea,” said Nabarro.
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families|Abby Haglage|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The event was a devastating one for Sierra Leone, deemed a “super-spreader” by The New York Times.
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families|Abby Haglage|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My father, who is dead, kept a hotel at Sierra Leone, and he knew the ways of the—half-castes.
With Edged Tools|Henry Seton Merriman
Prof. Macri Leone describes nineteen later editions, making with his own some twenty-one in all.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton
He went out in 1816, and began an extraordinary work amongst the slaves released by British cruisers and landed at Sierra Leone.
The Quiver 3/1900|Anonymous
The best measure of the heterogeneousness of the Sierra Leone population is to be found in Mrs. Kilham's vocabularies.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
Of the two settlements, already mentioned, the Gambia is the most deadly; though Sierra Leone has the worst name.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for leone

leone

/ (liːˈəʊnɪ) /

noun

the standard monetary unit of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents

Word Origin for leone

C20: from Sierra Leone

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