Leonid
/ˈliː.ə.nɪd/
Leonid noun: any meteor of a meteor shower that appears to radiate from the constellation Leo in November.
Noun
Leonid (plural Leonids)
- Any meteor of a meteor shower that appears to radiate from the constellation Leo in November.
- I wrote my first story about the ghost of a horse leaping from a cascade of flame just after the leonids had been more torrential than men had remembered them for centuries.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
- Night of your birth. Thirty-three. The Leonids they were called. God how the stars did fall. I looked for blackness, holes in the heavens. The Dipper stove.1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC
Proper noun
Leonid
- 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).
Forms of Leonid
| plural | Leonids |
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Origin of Leonid
From Latin Leō (“lion; the constellation Leo”, stem Leōn-) + -id.
Borrowed from Macedonian and Russian Леони́д (Leoníd) or Ukrainian Леоні́д (Leoníd), from Ancient Greek Λεωνίδας (Leōnídas). Cognate with the English historical name Leonidas.
Questions about Leonid
- What does Leonid mean?
- Leonid means any meteor of a meteor shower that appears to radiate from the constellation Leo in November.
- What part of speech is Leonid?
- Leonid can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Leonid?
- Leonid is pronounced /ˈliː.ə.nɪd/.
- What is the plural of Leonid?
- The plural of Leonid is Leonids.
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