Leon

See also: leon, león, leòn, León, and Léon

English

Proper noun

Leon

1. A male given name from Latin, a Greek form of Leo, or Anglicized from the French Léon or Spanish León.

Anagrams

• Elon, Leno, NOEL, Noel, Nole, Noël, elon, enol, leno, lone, neol., noel, nole, noël, one L

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Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlewn/

Proper noun

Leon f

1. Léon, a historical region of Brittany

Synonyms

• Bro-Leon

Derived terms

• Leonad
• leoneg
• leonek

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Danish

Proper noun

Leon

1. a male given name, variant of Leo.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Leon m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Leon: Leonsson
• daughter of Leon: Leonsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Leon
Accusative	Leon
Dative	Leoni
Genitive	Leons

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German

Proper noun

Leon

1. a male given name, variant of Leo.

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Irish

Proper noun

An Leon m (genitive an Leoin)

1. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension

Declension of Leon

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Leon Vocative a Leoin Genitive Leoin Dative Leon

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Leon Genitive an Leoin Dative leis an Leon don Leon

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Leon

1. a male given name, variant of Leo.

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Old Portuguese

Reino de Leon

Etymology

From Latin Legione, ablative of Legio, Legionis, from Legio septima Gemina, a Roman legion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.ˈõ/

Proper noun

Leon

1. (Kingdom of) León
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 332 (facsimile):

     ũu mõeſteiro en reino de Leon

     a monastery in the Kingdom of León

2. León (city)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 332 (facsimile):

     un mõeſteiro que este preto de Leon

     a monastery close to León

Descendants

• Galician: León
• Portuguese: Leão

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /léːɔn/

Proper noun

Lẹ̑on m anim

1. Leo; a male given name

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Léon
genitive	Léona
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Léon
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Léona
dative (dajȃlnik)	Léonu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Léona
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Léonu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Léonom

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Swedish

Proper noun

Leon c (genitive Leons)

1. a male given name, variant of Leo.

Anagrams

• Noel