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

Example Sentences

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

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 Symonds, John Addington

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