English Explanatory Dictionary

Leonid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any meteor of a meteor shower that appears to radiate from the constellation Leo in November.
name
  1. A male given name, a transliteration of a common East Slavic name (notably that of the first two Ukrainian presidents, Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma, as well as Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev).

Pronunciation

/ˈliː.ə.nɪd/

Word forms

Leonid Leonids

Etymology

From Latin Leō (“lion; the constellation Leo”, stem Leōn-) + -id.

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