Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of Leviticus.

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  • noun The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki

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  • noun the basic unit of money in Bulgaria

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Bulgarian, from obsolete variant of lyv, lion (ancient symbol of Bulgaria), from Old Church Slavonic lĭvŭ, lion, probably from Old High German lewo, from Latin leō; see lion.]

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From Bulgarian лев (lev), a variant of лъв (lǎv) (“lion”).

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