# Leónese
## English
### Etymology

From León +‎ -ese.

### Adjective

Leónese (comparative more Leónese, superlative most Leónese)
* Alternative form of Leonese.
** 1989, Arturo Cruz, Jr., “The People in Power”, in Memoirs of a Counterrevolutionary, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 93:But, as in Somoza’s life, the potent Leónese family of Sánchez interceded.
** 2003, Marilyn Ekdahl Ravicz, “Murder to the Murderer Is No Such Ruinous Thought”, in Requiem for Córdoba, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 226:The gates, towers, walls and most Leónese residences were destroyed.
** 2013, Nicholas Morton, “The struggle for Spain, 1195–1232”, in The Medieval Military Orders, 1120–1314, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2014, →ISBN, part 1 (Analysis), chapter 3 (Iberia), page 44:The following year Muslim armies plundered the Tagus valley while Leónese forces, working in co-operation with the Caliph al-Mansur and the kingdom of Navarre, attacked from the west.
* Of, from or relating to León, Nicaragua.
** 1972, David I[zatt] Folkman, Jr., “Filibuster Complications”, in The Nicaragua Route, Salt Lake City, Ut.: University of Utah Press, published 1976 (2nd printing), →ISBN, page 70:Without going into the political complications in Central America, suffice it to say that Cole had concluded that the liberal government which had granted his contract in Honduras would probably fall if the liberal Leónese revolution of the Democrats failed in Nicaragua.
** 2006 October, Paige R Penland, Gary Chandler, Liza Prado, “La XXI & Museo de Leyendas y Mitos”, in Nicaragua & El Salvador, Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet, →ISBN, “Nicaragua” section, “León & North-Western Nicaragua” subsection, “León” subsubsection, page 167, column 2:What makes this museum opposite Ruinas San Sebastián unmissable is the striking contrast of its main subjects: a quirky collection of life-size papier-mâché figures from Leónese history and legend, handmade by founder Señora Toruña (also represented in glorious papier-mâché), and murals graphically depicting methods the National Guard used to torture prisoners.
** 2023, Kathleen T[herese] O’Connor-Bater, “Historical Context of Darío’s Nicaragua”, in The Intellectual and Cultural Worlds of Rubén Darío (Routledge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature), New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →ISBN, page 9:A hero, for his ideals, a pariah for his failures, the important thing was that he occupied the attentions and affections of the Leónese community whom he came to emblemize on the world stage played out in Central American affairs of state.

### Noun

Leónese (plural Leónese)
* Alternative form of Leonese.
** 1989, Arturo Cruz, Jr., “Our Friends the Americans”, in Memoirs of a Counterrevolutionary, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 195:He then took the rest of the country, making the Leónese and General Jérez his junior partners. The Leónese were willing to remain faithful to Walker as long as he could keep their enemies the Granadans in check.
** 2003, Marilyn Ekdahl Ravicz, “Murder to the Murderer Is No Such Ruinous Thought”, in Requiem for Córdoba, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 222:We were set upon by seven or more Leónese.
** 2013, Nicholas Morton, “The struggle for Spain, 1195–1232”, in The Medieval Military Orders, 1120–1314, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2014, →ISBN, part 1 (Analysis), chapter 3 (Iberia), page 44:With his departure, Alfonso VIII was free to vent his wrath on the Leónese who were themselves under immense pressure from the papacy to desist from attacking their Christian neighbours.
* A native or inhabitant of León, Nicaragua.
** 1989, Richard West, Hurricane in Nicaragua: A Journey in Search of Revolution, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN, pages 56–57:In 1853 a Nicaraguan president, a Leónese, died a natural death in office (itself an unheard-of occurrence), and in the election that followed, the winner was Fruto Chamorro, the most belligerent of that Granada clan.
** 1993, Eric Selbin, “Acknowledgments”, in Modern Latin American Revolutions, Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, →ISBN, page viii:I remain staggered by the warmth and generosity shown me by so many Nicaraguans, particularly the Leónese, who were always willing to take the time to explain the subtle intricacies of daily life in Nicaragua to a less-than-subtle North American.
** 2005, Luciano Baracco, “The Age of Anarchy”, in Nicaragua: The Imagining of a Nation: From Nineteenth-Century Liberals to Twentieth-Century Sandinistas, New York, N.Y.: Algora Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 2 (From Independence to Client State), page 33:Regional forces were already involved in the conflict, with Guatemalan Conservatives assisting the Granadans and Salvadorian Liberals assisting the Leónese.