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Leonidas

[ lee-on-i-duhs ]

noun

  1. died 480 b.c., Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.


Leonidas

/ ɪˈɒɪˌæ /

noun

  1. Leonidas480 bcMSpartanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler died 480 bc , king of Sparta (?490–480), hero of the Battle of Thermopylae, in which he was killed by the Persians under Xerxes
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Fort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk.

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With a violinist on the order of Leonidas Kavakos, that reaction felt justified.

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He performed the Ukrainian national anthem last year with the pianist Emanuel Ax and the violinist Leonidas Kavakos before a concert at the Kennedy Center.

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"CONAIE breaks this process of dialogue and retires from monitoring efforts," its president Leonidas Iza told journalists after meeting with other Indigenous groups.

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“We don’t want oil,” said Leonidas Iza, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, which helped lead the protests.

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