Lyanna

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proper noun

A female given name.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name.

    'Lyanna! Lyanna!' thou calledst ever: 'Lyanna! 'a ripple of rays that came:' 'Lyanna, thy name is like song forever!'

    1893, Madison Julius Cawein, Poems of Nature and Love, page 142
    3 more examples

    If Lyanna was telling the truth, it presumably meant that her Night wasn't actually over. That her acceptance and control of the mana would not be complete. And that she could relapse anytime, unshielded, wreaking untold damage to herself ...

    2010, James Barclay, Nightchild, Prometheus Books, →ISBN

    Lyanna was playing with the remains of her soup, trailing a piece of bread across its surface. 'Lyanna, the ladies want to talk to you. All right?' Lyanna nodded. 'Are you still feeling shy, darling?' asked Erienne. 'A little,' admitted Lyanna.

    2011, James Barclay, The Raven eBook Collection, Gollancz, →ISBN

    At the tourney's end, Prince Rhaegar shocked the attendees by crowning Lyanna the Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his wife, Elia of Dorne.

    2014, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance, McFarland, →ISBN, page 70
Cite this entry
APA

Lyanna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lyanna

MLA

“Lyanna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lyanna. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lyanna,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lyanna.

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