Lyon

Lyon

See also: lyon, Lyón, lyön, and lÿon

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lyon (“lion”), as a nickname, or from a sign often used outside of roadside inns and adopted as a family name by those who lived there (compare Bush). Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and lion.

Proper noun

Lyon

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. An unincorporatedcommunity and township in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.

Derived terms

• Lyon County

Etymology 2

From French Lyon, from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *lug.

Alternative forms

• Lions (obsolete)
• Lyons

Proper noun

Lyon

1. The third largest city in France; capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
   • 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, p. 152:

     Lyon was not a very cheerful town at night. It was a big, heavy, solid-money town, probably fine if you had money and liked that sort of town. For years I had heard about the wonderful chicken in the restaurants there, but we had eaten mutton instead.

2. A town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, named after the French city.

Derived terms

• Lyonese

Translations

city in France

Afrikaans: Lyon Albanian: Lyon Arabic: لِيُون‎ f (liyūn) Aragonese: Lyón Armenian: Լիոն (hy) (Lion) Bavarian: Lyon Belarusian: Ліён m (Lijón) Bengali: লিওন (lion) Bulgarian: Лио́н m (Lión) Catalan: Lió Cebuano: Lyon Chinese: Mandarin: 里昂 (zh) (Lǐ'áng) Cornish: Lyon Czech: Lyon (cs) Danish: Lyon (da) Dutch: Lyon (nl) Esperanto: Liono Estonian: Lyon (et) Finnish: Lyon (fi) Franco-Provençal: Liyon French: Lyon (fr) m Galician: Lión (gl), Lyon (gl) Georgian: ლიონი (lioni) Greek: Λυών (el) (Lyón), Λούγδουνο n (Loúgdouno) (Roman era) Hindi: ल्यों (lyõ) Hungarian: Lyon (hu) Icelandic: Lyon Indonesian: Lyon Irish: Lyon Italian: Lione Japanese: リヨン (Riyon) Korean: 리옹 (Riong) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Liyon Latin: Lugdūnum (la) n Latvian: Liona Lithuanian: Lionas, Lionas Luxembourgish: Lyon Macedonian: Ли́он m (Líon) Marathi: ल्यों n (lyõ) Occitan: Lion (oc) Ottoman Turkish: لیون‎ Persian: لیون‎ (liyon) Polish: Lyon (pl) Portuguese: Lyon Romanian: Lyon (ro) Russian: Лио́н (ru) m (Lión) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Лион Roman: Lyon Sicilian: Lioni Slovak: Lyon Slovene: Lyon Spanish: Lyon (es), León de Francia (Archaic) Swahili: Lyon Swedish: Lyon (sv) Thai: ลียง (lii-yong) Turkish: Lyon Ukrainian: Ліо́н m (Lión) Urdu: لیون‎ m (liyon), لیوں‎ m (liyõ) Uyghur: Lion Welsh: Lyon West Frisian: Lyon

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

Lyon

1. A tributary of the Tay River, Scotland.

Anagrams

• noyl, only, ynol

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French

Etymology

From the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), from Gaulish Lugodunon, named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *lug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljɔ̃/, /li.jɔ̃/

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• Homophone: lion

Proper noun

Lyon ?

1. Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

Derived terms

• Lyonnais
• lyonnais

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Lyon f

1. Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Lyón

Etymology

From Latin Lugdunum.

Proper noun

Lyon m

1. Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

   Synonym: (dated) León de Francia

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Swedish

Proper noun

Lyon n

1. Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Lyon

1. Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)