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• leone
  leone

  noun

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

  noun

  Giovanni 1908–2001, Italian political leader: prime minister 1963, 1968; president 1971–78.

leone

¹ American  

[lee-ohn] / liˈoʊn /

noun

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

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Leone ² American  

[le-aw-ne] / lɛˈɔ nɛ /

noun

1. Giovanni 1908–2001, Italian political leader: prime minister 1963, 1968; president 1971–78.

2. Monte, Monte Leone.

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leone British  

/ liːˈəʊnɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of leone

1960–65; (Sierra) Leone

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Example Sentences

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leone Leone

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

Under the portico were the "bocche del leone" for secret denunciations, and, though the masks are gone, the chests within are still in position.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

Short phrases like a guisa di leone, a guisa di colomba, a guisa di serpente, a guisa d'uno drago, a guisa di castello, indicate in outline images that aid the poet's thought.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds

Peter Thiel gave $3 million, Eric Schmidt gave nearly $2.6 million, Marco DeGeorge’s wife, Kim, gave $1.9 million, Chris Larsen gave $750,000 and Douglas Leone and his wife gave $500,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Liberia is a small country tucked between Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast on Africa’s western edge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Every single line item is more,” says Julie Leone, co-owner and managing partner of 443 Social Club & Lounge, a 75-person venue in Syracuse, N.Y.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Koroma led Sierra Leone for 11 years until 2018, when current President Bio was elected.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Since Colombo was recently dead, and Falloppio died in 1562, the dispute had to be continued by Falloppio’s student Leone Carcano.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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