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Leonid.

Any meteor of a meteor shower that appears to radiate from the constellation Leo in November.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈliː.ə.nɪd/
  1. Any meteor of a meteor shower that appears to radiate from the constellation Leo in November.

Where this word comes from

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

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).

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Macedonian and Russian Леони́д (Leoníd) or Ukrainian Леоні́д (Leoníd), from Ancient Greek Λεωνίδας (Leōnídas). Cognate with the English historical name Leonidas.

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