Leonid

[ lee-uh-nid ]

/ ˈli ə nɪd /

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noun, plural Le·o·nids, Le·on·i·des

[lee-on-i-deez]. /liˈɒn ɪˌdiz/. Astronomy.

any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.

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Origin of Leonid

1875–80; <New Latin Leonidēs, equivalent to Latin Leōn- (stem of Leō) Leo + -idēs-id¹

Words nearby Leonid

Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo of Pisa, Leoncavallo, leone, Leoni, Leonid, Leonidas, leonine, leonine rhyme, leonine verse, Leonora

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How to use Leonid in a sentence

Leonid, the owner of the hotel, whom we had met in the restaurant the night before, was fuming.
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The Leonid system of meteorites did not always move in a closed orbit round our sun.
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Leonid Andreyevitch had only fifteen thousand roubles, and Deriganov offered thirty thousand on top of the mortgage to begin with.
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Leonid Shvernik was even given a promotion on the strength of his so ably cracking the American market.
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By this time Paul was familiar with the security measures taken by Leonid Shvernik and the others.
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At his side sat Leonid Plekhanov and behind them the other six members of their team.
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British Dictionary definitions for Leonid

Leonid

/ (ˈliːənɪd) /

noun plural Leonids or Leonides (lɪˈɒnɪˌdiːz)

any member of a meteor shower that is usually insignificant, but more spectacular every 33 years, and occurs annually in mid-November, appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo

Word Origin for Leonid

C19: from New Latin Leōnidēs, from leō lion

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