Lyon

lyon Lyón lyön lÿon English Pronunciation en en Etymology 1 From en fr Lyon (supplanting earlier en Lyons, derived from the Old French nominative form), from the Roman name, en la Lugdūnum fort of Lug, named after Lugus, a en cel deity, from en cel-pro *Lugus. Alternative forms en Lions obsolete en Lyons Proper noun en The third largest <<city>> in <<c/France>> ; capital r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. 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. en w:BBC Hugh Schofield Killing of nationalist student leaves French far left in deep trouble as elections loom https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv61zv534eo 2026-02-21 The question is inescapable following the killing in Lyon of nationalist student Quentin Deranque by suspected far-left militants. https://web.archive.org/web/20260222021311/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv61zv534eo en metropolitan authority r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France outside of dept/Rhône which includes the city of Lyon and most of its suburbs the Metropolis of Lyon. en town co/Coahoma County s/Mississippi c/USA named after the French city. Derived terms en Lyonese Lyon taco Metropolis of Lyon Lyon bean Translations city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Afrikaans: af Lyon Albanian: sq Lyon Amharic: am ልዮን Arabic: ar لِيُون f Aragonese: an Lyón Armenian: hy Լիոն Belarusian: be Ліён m Bengali: bn লিওন Bulgarian: bg Лио́н m Catalan: ca Lió m Cebuano: ceb Lyon Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 里昂 Lǐ'áng Cornish: kw Lyon Corsican: co Lione f Czech: cs Lyon Danish: da Lyon n Dutch: nl Lyon n Esperanto: eo Liono Estonian: et Lyon Farefare: gur Lugduunum Finnish: fi Lyon Franco-Provençal: frp Liyon French: fr Lyon m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Lyon n Galician: gl Lión m, gl Lyon m Georgian: ka ლიონი German: de Lyon n Bavarian: bar Lyon Greek: el Λυών n, el Λυόν n, el Λούγδουνο n Roman era Hindi: hi ल्यों Hungarian: hu Lyon Icelandic: is Lyon Indonesian: id Lyon Irish: ga Lyon Italian: it Lione f Japanese: ja リヨン Riyon Korean: ko 리옹 Riong Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Liyon Latin: la Lugdūnum n Latvian: lv Liona Lithuanian: lt Lionas, lt Lionas Luxembourgish: lb Lyon Macedonian: mk Ли́он m Marathi: mr ल्यों n Occitan: oc Lion m Persian: fa لیون Liyon Polish: pl Lyon Portuguese: pt Lyon Romanian: ro Lyon Russian: ru Лио́н m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Лион Latin: sh Lyon Sicilian: scn Lioni f Slovak: sk Lyon Slovene: sl Lyon Spanish: es Lyon m, es Lion m, es León de Francia Archaic Swahili: sw Lyon Swedish: sv Lyon n Thai: th ลียง Turkish: tr Lyon Ottoman Turkish: ota لیون Liyon; ota لیون شهری⁩ Liyon Şehri Ukrainian: uk Ліо́н m Urdu: ur لیون m liyon, ur لیوں m liyõ Uyghur: ug Lion Welsh: cy Lyon Etymology 2 From en enm 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 en Bush). en Leo leu lev lion. Proper noun en nicknames. en unincorporated community/and/twp co/Franklin County s/Missouri c/USA. en A number of other <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Lyon Township. Derived terms en lyonization Lyon County Etymology 3 en Proper noun en river in val/Glen Lyon carea/Perth and Kinross cc/Scotland which joins the River Tay the River Lyon. Derived terms en Glen Lyon Anagrams en lnoy noyl only ynol Category:English heteronyms French Etymology From fr la Lugdūnum, from fr cel-gau *Lugudūnon fort of Lug, from the Celtic deity Lugus, from fr cel-pro *Lugus. Pronunciation + Liyon fr Fr-Lyon.ogg fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Lyon.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Lyon.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Lyon.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Lyon.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr lion Proper noun m fr capital city r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France Lyon Lyons Derived terms fr Lyonnais lyonnais Descendants en Lyon Lyons German Pronunciation de /liˈɔ̃/ [liˈɔ̃ː] [liˈɔŋ] Proper noun toponym de <<city>> in southeastern <<c/France>> Lyon Derived terms de Lyoner Portuguese Proper noun f pt capital city r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France Lyon Lyons Spanish es: Alternative forms es Lyón Etymology es :der la:Lugdunum + 1 Pronunciation lion + Proper noun m es capital city r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France Lyon Lyons es León de Francia<q:dated> Swedish sv: Proper noun sv proper noun n sv capital city r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France Lyon Lyons Turkish Etymology From tr fr Lyon, q.v. Compare Ottoman Turkish ota لیون Liyon. Proper noun tr city in southeastern c/France ; capital r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon