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"The lion" is an English equivalent of the Italian phrase il leone. The masculine singular definite article and noun references the male whereas la leonessa refers to the female, "the lioness." The respective pronunciations will be "eel ley-O-ney" and "la LEY-o-NES-sa" in Italian.

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