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Definition of lyon

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  1. The third largest city in France; the capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
    “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.”
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  1. The third largest city in France; the capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
    “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.”
  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.
  4. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  5. An unincorporated community and township in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
  6. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Lyon Township.
  7. A river in Glen Lyon, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which joins the River Tay; in full, the River Lyon.

noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of lion.
    “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.”

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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.

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