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lei
1[ ley, ley-ee ]
noun
- (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
lei
2[ ley ]
noun
- plural of leu.
lei
1/ leɪ /
noun
- (in Hawaii) a garland of flowers, worn around the neck
lei
2/ leɪ /
noun
- the plural of leu
Word History and Origins
Origin of lei1
Word History and Origins
Origin of lei1
Example Sentences
In return he promised monthly top-up payments of 5,000 Moldovan lei to pensioners, or about £200.
Nearly midway into the third quarter, it looked like the highlight of Foster’s day might be walking off the team bus with a collection of colorful leis draped around his neck.
Five hundred feet outside the Lahaina burn zone, the tourists receive their leis.
“It doesn’t get any better than this,” he once said on a broadcast, tie-dyed T-shirt on, a Hawaiian lei around his neck.
This colorful crowd — the Bowl looks like a pastel kaleidoscope of leis and Hawaiian shirts — is on its feet and loving it.
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