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Noun
leu (plural lei)
- The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.
- The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.
- ✤ Soon afterwards, it emerged that the Moldovan company Natural Gaz DC had signed a contract with Tiraspoltransgaz. Arkady Vikol, a co-owner of Natural Gaz DC, said the company planned to buy two to three million cubic metres of gas per day on European exchanges, generating around 3 million Moldovan lei per day (€150,000) in daily tax revenues for the Moldovan budget.1
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian leu (“lion”), from Latin leō (“lion”). Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈleɪ.uː/
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Link to original Footnotes
2025 December 24, Nikita Kovalenko, “On borrowed time: How Transnistria is coping without the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine”, in Novaya Gazeta Europe : ↩
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