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Lew

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See also: LEW and lew

English

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Lew (plural Lews)

  1. diminutive of Lewis
    1. A male given name.
      • 2019, Douglas Gomery, The Hollywood Studio System: A History[1], Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
        When Lew Wasserman reinvented the studio system, leadership skills grew harder to find and the number of modern studio conglomerates boiled down to six, as discussed in chapters 15 to 20.
  2. A surname.
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Anagrams

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Polish

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Lew

Etymology

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From lew.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛf/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛf
  • Syllabification: Lew
  • Homophone: lew

Proper noun

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Lew m animal

  1. (astronomy) Leo (constellation)
  2. (astrology) Leo (the zodiac sign)
  3. a male given name, equivalent to English Leo
  4. a male surname
  5. a female surname

Declension

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Zodiac signs in Polish (layout · text)

Baran

Byk

Bliźnięta

Rak

Lew

Panna

Waga

Skorpion

Strzelec

Koziorożec

Wodnik

Ryby

Further reading

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  • Lew in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Lew in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Lew”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Lew, from Hokkien  / () and Mandarin (Liú). Doublet of Lao, Liu, Lu, Lou, Loo, Luy, and Du.

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Lew (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓ)

  1. a surname from Hokkien or Mandarin