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
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
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 Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
“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
After Koroma was charged and placed under house arrest, Ecowas brokered a deal with the government of Sierra Leone, allowing the former president to go into exile in Nigeria and seek medical attention there.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
What is more, the Senate report didn't include Sierra Leone, which took its first deportees in May or the Central African Republic, which took deportees, including from Iran, in June.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
It found that "Sierra Leone failed to take adequate measures to prevent and eliminate child marriage and to effectively protect the minor in the case and other girls from the practice".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
In Sierra Leone all that we had ever eaten was rice, pepper, mealie meal, cassava, mango, and banana.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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