Leonese

L1E1O1N1E1S1E1

adjective

Of, from or relating to the city of León or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

adjectiveLeonese (comparative more Leonese, superlative most Leonese)

comparative more Leonese · superlative most Leonese · alternative Leónese

  1. Of, from or relating to the city of León or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain.

    Or, as I was told, “Nos sentimos más leoneses, pero somos gallegos iguales” (We feel more Leonese, but we are also equally Galician).

    1998, José Antonio Fernández de Rota Monter, “Difference from the People’s Point of View”, in Carol J[ane] Greenhouse, Roshanak Kheshti, editors, Democracy and Ethnography: Constructing Identities in Multicultural Liberal States (SUNY Series in National Identities), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, part II (The Making of Official Discourses of Identity), page 135
  2. From, or pertaining to the Kingdom of León, a former independent kingdom in the northwest of Iberia.
proper noun

alternative Leónese

  1. A Romance language spoken in the northwest of Spain, closely related to Asturian and Mirandese.
nounLeonese (plural Leonese)

alternative Leónese

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of León or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain.

    In addition to these men, there are at least two Leonese: Pedro Garcés from Matanza (near Astorga) and Domingo Rodríguez from Castroverde (unless this refers to Castroverde de Cerrato in the modern province of Valladolid); and two Galicians: […]

    2005, Simon Barton, “From Mercenary to Crusader: The Career of Álvar Pérez de Castro (d. 1239) Re-examined”, in Therese Martin, Julie Harris, editors, Church, State, Vellum, and Stone: Essays on Medieval Spain in Honor of John Williams (The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World; 26), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, “Church and State” section, page 122

Origin

Translations

Catalan lleonès, lleonès
  • lleonèsfrom León
  • lleonèslanguage
  • lleonèssomeone from León
  • lleonesasomeone from León
French léonais, léonais
  • léonaisfrom León
  • léonaislanguage
  • Léonaissomeone from León
  • Léonaisesomeone from León
Portuguese leonês, leonês
  • leonêsfrom León
  • leonêslanguage
  • leonêssomeone from León
Spanish leonés, leonés
  • leonésfrom León
  • leonéslanguage
  • leonéssomeone from León
  • leonesasomeone from León
Swedish leonesiska
  • leonesiskalanguage
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APA

Leonese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leonese

MLA

“Leonese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leonese. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Leonese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leonese.

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