name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/liːˈɑːnə/
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rhymes with -ɑːnə
CMU ARPABET:L IY0 AA1 N AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
1884, Achilles Daunt, Frank Redcliffe: A story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela (A Book for Boys), London: T. Nelson & Sons, Chapter 5, p. 99, Flowering lianas hung in long streaming lines from the outstretched boughs and dipped their pendulous bouquets in the water of the igarape, which reflected the cloudless blue of the sky.
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noun
Meaning 3
a woody climbing usually tropical plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
