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Lions
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lions
English
Proper noun
en @obsolete form of:Lyon capital city r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France.
en cricket The Sri Lanka national cricket team.
en football Singapore national football team
en sports any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".
Derived terms
en COYL
Anagrams
en ilnos Oslin loins linos LINOs Lison losin' noils Solin
en Sports nicknames Australian rules football
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as leonghem in the 13th century. Borrowed from nl fy Leons, derived in turn from a compound of nl ofs Lieuwe a personal name suffixed with the collectivising suffix ofs -ingi- and ofs hēm home, settlement. The element ofs hēm disappeared with time.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈli.ɔns/
nl Lions
Proper noun
n
nl village mun/Leeuwarden p/Friesland c/Netherlands
References
French
Proper noun
m-p
The Senegal national football team