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Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
Leboncoin (French pronunciation: [ləbɔ̃kwɛ̃]) is a classified ads website founded in France in 2006 by the Norwegian conglomerate Schibsted.Its economic model is based on the free service for individuals and the matching of local supply and demand.
Leblon (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is also the name of the local beach. It is also the name of the local beach. The neighborhood is located in the South Zone of the city, between Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas , Morro Dois Irmãos and the Jardim de Alah channel, bordering the Gávea , Ipanema , Lagoa ...
It is an augmentative of liebre (meaning "hare" in Spanish). [2] Lebrón is sometimes transliterated into an English given name as Lebron or LeBron, although these forms can also be derived from the French surnames Lebrun or Le Brun, meaning "the brown". [citation needed] People with the name include:
Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...
Spanish American gold coins were minted in one-half, one, two, four, and eight escudo denominations, with each escudo worth around two Spanish dollars or $2. The two-escudo (or $4 coin) was the "doubloon" or "pistole", and the large eight-escudo (or $16) was a "quadruple pistole".
Chairlift accident leaves dozens injured at Spanish ski resort in the Pyrenees. Sports. Sports. Yahoo Sports. Steelers reportedly turned down Bears' request to trade for Mike Tomlin. Sports.
Spanish manzana de Adán calques English Adam's apple (nuez de Adán, meaning "Adam's nut", in standard Spanish), which in turn is a calque of French pomme d'Adam See also: Spanglish Also technological terms calqued from English are used throughout the Spanish-speaking world: