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Lyon has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon

"Visitors often flock to Lyon, a historic French city renowned as a major center for the production of luxury silks."

2

Obsolete spelling of lion

"The old manuscript describes a fierce lyon guarding the treasure chest."

Proper Noun
1

A surname, from nicknames​.

"The fishing boat sailed up Lyon, a small river that flows into the great Tay in Scotland."

2

The third largest city in France; capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

3

A tributary of the Tay River, Scotland.

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Origin

The word comes from the French city Lyon, which was originally called Lugdūnum by the Romans. This Roman name means "fort of Lug," referring to Lugus, a Celtic god worshipped in that region.

Rhyming Words
yon hyon dyon sayon afyon toyon tryon bayon rayon benyon bouyon calyon ittyon semyon banyon canyon lanyon euryon geryon kenyon
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