Lyon

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专有名词
  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.
  2. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  3. A river in Glen Lyon, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which joins the River Tay; in full, the River Lyon.
  4. 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.
  5. An unincorporated community and township in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
  6. A town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, named after the French city.
  7. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Lyon Township.

词形变化

Lions alternative,obsolete Lyons alternative

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
From Middle English 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 Bush). Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and lion.
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