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LEONIDAS
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Λεωνιδας (Ancient Greek)
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From Greek λεων (leon) "lion". Leonidas was a Spartan king of the 5th century BC who sacrificed his life defending the pass of Thermopylae from the Persians. This was also the name of a 3rd-century saint and martyr, the father of Origen, from Alexandria. |
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