lyon
/lˈaɪən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
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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.
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A town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, named after the French city.
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A surname transferred from the nickname.
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An unincorporated community and township in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
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A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Lyon Township.
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A river in Glen Lyon, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which joins the River Tay; in full, the River Lyon.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The question is inescapable following the killing in Lyon of nationalist student Quentin Deranque by suspected far-left militants."
- "The lyon chose his mate, the turtle dove / Her deare, the dolphin his owne dolphinet"
- "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon."
- "Furious as a lyon the fitt comes one, but retires gentle as a lamb."
Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: French