leu
[le-oo]
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noun, plural lei [ley] /leɪ/.
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
Also ley.
Origin of leu
1875–80; < Romanian: literally, lion, a designation based on Turkish arslanlι (arslan lion + -lι adj. suffix), name given to the Dutch rijksdaalder, which circulated in the later Ottoman Empire and bore the image of a lion
Leu
Biochemistry.
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Contemporary Examples of leu
First, it reduced the Iranian LEU stock below the level required to produce a nuclear device.
Historical Examples of leu
The Rumanian franc, or leu (“lion”), so called from the image it bore, came likewise from Craiova.
The use of tsew in the place of tseu (10,826) is confirmed by the authorities in Kang he; but does Leu song really mean Spain?
Han Seang-tsze (about the same period as the last) was a pupil of Leu Tung-pin.
Chats on Oriental ChinaJ. F. Blacker
He talked with Leu, feeling more calm now, and had her tell him all she had seen, all she had heard of this terrible event.
The PatriotAntonio Fogazzaro
The currency unit of the country is the leu (plural, lei), divided into 100 bani.
Area Handbook for RomaniaEugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
leu
noun plural lei (leɪ)
Word Origin for leu
from Romanian: lion
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Leu
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