Lyon

See also: lyon, Lyón, lyön, and lÿon

English

Etymology 1

From French Lyon (supplanting earlier Lyons, derived from the Old French nominative form), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Alternative forms

• Lions (obsolete)
• Lyons

Proper noun

Lyon

1. The third largest city in France; the capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
   • 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 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 metropolitan authority in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, outside of Rhône department, which includes the city of Lyon and most of its suburbs; in full, the Metropolis of Lyon.
3. A town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, named after the French city.

Derived terms

• Lyonese
• Lyon taco

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 (liōn)
• Bulgarian: Лио́н m (Lión)
• Catalan: Lió m
• Cebuano: Lyon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 里昂 (zh) (Lǐ'áng)

• Cornish: Lyon
• Corsican: Lione f
• Czech: Lyon (cs)
• Danish: Lyon (da)
• Dutch: Lyon (nl)
• Esperanto: Liono
• Estonian: Lyon (et)
• Farefare: Lugduunum
• Finnish: Lyon (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Liyon
• French: Lyon (fr) m
• Galician: Lión (gl) m, Lyon (gl)
• Georgian: ლიონი (lioni)
• German: Lyon (de) n
• Greek: Λυών (el) (Lyón), Λούγδουνο n (Loúgdouno) (Roman era)
• Hindi: ल्यों (lyõ)
• Hungarian: Lyon (hu)
• Icelandic: Lyon
• Indonesian: Lyon
• Irish: Lyon
• Italian: Lione f
• 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) m
• Ottoman Turkish: لیون (Liyon); لیون شهری (Liyon Şehri)
• Persian: لیون (Liyon)
• Polish: Lyon (pl)
• Portuguese: Lyon
• Romanian: Lyon (ro)
• Russian: Лио́н (ru) m (Lión)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лион

  Roman: Lyon

• Sicilian: Lioni f
• Slovak: Lyon
• Slovene: Lyon
• Spanish: Lyon (es) m, 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 2

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 unincorporated community and township in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
3. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Lyon Township.

Derived terms

• Lyon County

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

Lyon

1. A river in Glen Lyon, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which joins the River Tay; in full, the River Lyon.

Derived terms

• Glen Lyon

Anagrams

• noyl, only, ynol

French

Etymology

From Latin Lugdūnum, from Gaulish *Lugudūnon (“fort of Lug”), from the Celtic deity Lugus, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljɔ̃/, /li.jɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: lion

Proper noun

Lyon m

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

Derived terms

• Lyonnais
• lyonnais

Descendants

• English: Lyon, Lyons

Portuguese

Proper noun

Lyon f

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Lyón

Etymology

From Latin Lugdunum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljon/ [ˈljõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Lyon

Proper noun

Lyon m

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

   Synonym: (dated) León de Francia

Swedish

Proper noun

Lyon n

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

Turkish

Etymology

From French Lyon, q.v. Compare Ottoman Turkish لیون (Liyon).

Proper noun

Lyon

1. Lyon (a city in central France; the capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)