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lyon
/ˈlaɪən/
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What does lyon mean?
proper noun
- The third largest city in France; the capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- 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.
- A town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, named after the French city.
More meanings (5)
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- An unincorporated community and township in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Lyon Township.
- A river in Glen Lyon, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which joins the River Tay; in full, the River Lyon.
noun
- (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of lion.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlaɪən/
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We were staying at Petropolis, and Lyon, fired by my accounts of these virgin forests, declared that he must see one for himself.
Bon Silene, Etoile de Lyon, Perle des Jardins, Mme.
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For thilke night I last Criseyde say, She seyde, "I shal ben here, if that I may, Er that the mone, O dere herte swete! The Lyon passe, out of this Ariete."
The natives of the north shore of Hudson's Strait were spoken of by the early explorers of the present century--Parry, Back, and Lyon--as rude, dirty, and unreliable, and they have not improved much since that day, except in regard to dirt.
I allude to the action taken against him by Mrs. Lyon, who, after adopting him as her son and settling a large sum of money upon him, endeavoured to regain, and did regain, this money by her unsupported assertion that he had persuaded her illicitly to make him the allowance.