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lek (l

n. pl. lek·e (l

) or leks

See Table at currency.

[Albanian, after Lek Dukagjin, 15th-century Albanian feudal lord and lawgiver.]

lek¹

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a small area in which birds of certain species, notably the black grouse, gather for sexual display and courtship

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the act or practice of so gathering

[perhaps from dialect lake (vb) from Old English lácan to frolic, fight, or perhaps from Swedish leka to play]

lek²

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka

[from Albanian]

Lek a gathering or congregating, as in sport; as many as fifty birds gathered together.

Example: lek of black grouse, 1884.

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lek - the basic unit of money in Albania

Albanian monetary unit - monetary unit in Albania

qindarka, qintar - 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania

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Albanian monetary unit Aleksandrovsk Amalekite by-election currency deselection electioneer electrometer fartlek game heal hydroelectricity leak lekvar lick microelectronic Olekma play puncture	Rossendale's Alex Leke missed the target with two good chances before the Seagulls went ahead on 30 minutes. Josh double sees Bay hit the top by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Hulle het hierdie wereld uitgese in "'tekens" ['n verwysing na die semiotiek van rotskuns, ook deur leke effe peioratief genoem "rotstekeninge"], in lied en dans en sprokie en skilderye, en op 'n manier wat vir ons nagenoeg onherhaalbaar is, want ons her ons aard en ons aarde verleer en verloen, en daarmee ook ons hemel. Plagiaat? Appropriasie? Kulturele oorplanting? Huldiging?: Brandende ... by van Vuuren, Helize / Journal of Literary Studies The tradition of the female patriarch can be traced to a strict code of conduct, the Kanun of Leke Dukagjini, passed on orally among the clans of northern Albania for more than 500 years. Why aunt Pashe became an uncle: by tradition, when a family in ... by Bilefsky, Dan / New York Times Upfront	Leisurable Leisurably leisure leisure center leisure centre leisure hours leisure sickness leisure suit leisure time leisure wear leisured leisureliness leisurely leisurewear Leith leitmotif leitmotiv Leitneria Leitneria floridana Leitneriaceae Leitrim Leix Leizhou Leizhou Peninsula lek leke lekgotla lekker lekvar Leland Stanford Lely LEM Lemaireocereus Lemaireocereus chichipe Lemaitre Lemaître Leman Léman lemanderin Lemberg Leme Lemieux lemma Lemman lemmatization lemmatize lemmatizer lemming Lemmon Lemmus Lemmus lemmus	Leja Lejah LEJC Lejeune syndrome Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune, John A Lejeune, John A. LEJL LEJPT Lejzor Czyz Lejzor Czyz lek lek lek lek lek Lek (currency) Lek (disambiguation) Lek (disambiguation) Lek (disambiguation) Lek (mating arena) Lek (pharmaceutical company) Lekain Lekain, Henri-Louis Lekain, Nikandr Lekain, Nikandr Sergeevich Lekamen Illusionen Kallet Lekar leke Lekeu, Guillaume LEKF Lekgotla Lekhi Lekhsmi Lekhsmi Lekhsmi lekked lekked lekked Lekker Lekker Potje Grolsch lekkerruikpeul Lekking Leknes, Norway - Leknes Leko leks leks leks leks Leksands Idrottsförening Leksikon Rossiiskoi Leksozero LEKT Lektoren-Vereinigung Korea lekvar Lekziri LEL LELA Lelaki Komunis Terakhir

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Aleksandrovsk
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by-election
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game
heal
hydroelectricity
leak
lekvar
lick
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Olekma
play
puncture

Rossendale's Alex Leke missed the target with two good chances before the Seagulls went ahead on 30 minutes.

Josh double sees Bay hit the top by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Hulle het hierdie wereld uitgese in "'tekens" ['n verwysing na die semiotiek van rotskuns, ook deur leke effe peioratief genoem "rotstekeninge"], in lied en dans en sprokie en skilderye, en op 'n manier wat vir ons nagenoeg onherhaalbaar is, want ons her ons aard en ons aarde verleer en verloen, en daarmee ook ons hemel.

Plagiaat? Appropriasie? Kulturele oorplanting? Huldiging?: Brandende ... by van Vuuren, Helize / Journal of Literary Studies

The tradition of the female patriarch can be traced to a strict code of conduct, the Kanun of Leke Dukagjini, passed on orally among the clans of northern Albania for more than 500 years.

Why aunt Pashe became an uncle: by tradition, when a family in ... by Bilefsky, Dan / New York Times Upfront

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