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Leonid¹

  • /ˈliː.ə.nɪd/

Where it comes from

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

noun Leonids

  1. 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.

Leonid²

Where it 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.

proper noun

  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).

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"Leonid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/leonid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Leonid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/leonid

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"Leonid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/leonid.

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@misc{leonid_2026,
  title = {Leonid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leonid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}