Leão
Portuguese edit
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Leon, from Latin Legiōnem. Doublet of legião.
Proper noun edit
Leão
- León (a province and former kingdom in northwestern Spain)
- León (a city, the provincial capital of León, Spain)
Usage notes edit
Leão is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
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Proper noun edit
Leão m or f by sense
- a surname
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Leão m
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by several Roman Catholic popes
- (astronomy) Leo (a constellation)
- (astrology) Leo (a zodiac sign)
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See also edit
Zodiac signs in Portuguese (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Áries/Carneiro | Touro | Gémeos/Gêmeos | Câncer/Caranguejo | ||||||||
Leão | Virgem | Libra/Balança | Escorpião | ||||||||
Sagitário | Capricórnio | Aquário/Aquarius | Peixes |
Etymology 3 edit
From leão (“lion”).
Proper noun edit
Leão m
- (Brazil, colloquial) nickname of the Brazilian internal revenue service