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Lea vs Leu - What's the difference?

lea | leu |

As nouns the difference between lea and leu

is that lea is an open field, meadow while leu is the unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.

As a proper noun Lea

is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}}, latinized form of Leah.

As an initialism LEU is

low-enriched uranium.

lea

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) legh, lege, lei "clearing, open ground" from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • an open field, meadow
  • *XIX century , Alfred Tennyson,
  • *:Two children in two neighbor villages
  • *:Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas ;

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) lier, to bind

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
  • A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    leu

    English

    Noun

    (lei)
  • The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.
  • The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.