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See also: lions
English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lions
- Obsolete spelling of Lyon, the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- (cricket) The Sri Lanka national cricket team.
- (Singapore) Singapore national football team
- (sports) any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested as leonghem in the 13th century. Borrowed from West Frisian Leons, derived in turn from a compound of Old Frisian Lieuwe (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi- and hēm (“home, settlement”). The element hēm disappeared with time.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lions n
- A village in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
French[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lions m pl (plural only)
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English obsolete forms
- en:Cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- en:Cities in France
- en:Regional capitals of France
- en:Places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- en:Places in France
- en:Cricket
- Singapore English
- en:Sports
- en:Sports nicknames
- en:Australian rules football
- Dutch terms borrowed from West Frisian
- Dutch terms derived from West Frisian
- Dutch terms derived from Old Frisian
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in Friesland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Friesland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French pluralia tantum
- French masculine nouns