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leone

/liˈoʊni/

Meanings
noun
A unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents.

Examples :

""The souvenir I bought in Sierra Leone cost 5,000 leones." "
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currency noun

/ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/ /ˈkɝ.ən.si/

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

"Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians."

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leones noun

/liˈoʊniːz/

A unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents.

"My grandmother sent me 5,000 leones for my school expenses. "

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

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cost verb

/ˈkɑst/ /ˈkɒst/ /ˈkɔst/

To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

"It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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souvenir noun

/ˌsuːvəˈnɪə(ɹ)/

An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location.

"I bought a small seashell as a souvenir from my trip to the beach. "

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cents noun

/sɛn/

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

"The candy bar cost ninety-nine cents. "

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into preposition

/ˈɪn.tuː/ /ˈɪn.tu/

To or towards the inside of.

"Mary danced into the house."

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divided verb

/dɪˈvaɪdɪd/ /dəˈvaɪdɪd/

To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

"a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns"

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bought verb

/bɔːt/ /bɔt/

To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods

"My sister bought a new backpack for school. "

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unit noun

/ˈjuː.nɪt/

A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.

"The doctor prescribed a specific unit of vitamin D for the patient's bone health. "

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sierra noun

/siˈɛɹə/

A rugged range of mountains.

"We hiked through the beautiful sierra, enjoying the stunning views from the mountain peaks. "