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Corleone
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Italian
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Etymology
From it scn Cunigghiuni or scn Curliuni, from it an Coriglione or an Conillon, from it nrf Coraigliòn, from it la Curilionum, from it ar قُرْلِيُون, from it grc Κουρουλλουνέ. Alternatively from Latin *Corleōne, from la cor heart + la leōnis of the lion.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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it small town r/Sicily, home of an infamous Mafia family
Derived terms
it corleonese