lyons

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proper noun

A town in Boulder County, Colorado.

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OriginOld French Lyons ← Latin Lugdūnum ← Celtic →
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Meanings

lyons1

noun
  1. pluralplural of lyon

Lyons2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Lyon: the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Boulder County, Colorado.
    2. A city, the county seat of Toombs County, Georgia.
    3. A village and township in Cook County, Illinois.
    4. A town in Washington Township, Greene County, Indiana.
    5. A township in Mills County, Iowa.
    6. A city, the county seat of Rice County, Kansas.
    7. A village and township in Ionia County, Michigan.
    8. A township in Lyon County, Minnesota, apparently named after Lyon in France.
    9. A township in Wadena County, Minnesota.
    10. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
    11. A minor city in Burt County, Nebraska.
    12. A census-designated place in Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
    13. A town, the county seat of Wayne County, New York.
    14. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Lyons, Wayne County, New York.
    15. A village in Royalton Township, Fulton County, Ohio.
    16. A city in Linn County, Oregon.
    17. A borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    18. A census-designated place and township in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
    19. A census-designated place in Burleson County, Texas.
    20. A town and census-designated place therein, in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
  3. A place in Australia:
    1. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, named after Joseph Lyons.
    2. A northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory.
    3. A rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland.
    4. A locality in the Shire of Glenelg, south western Victoria, Australia
  4. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church

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nounthe council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*Lugus
  2. Celtic
  3. LatinLugdūnum“fort of Lug”
  4. Old FrenchLyons
  5. EnglishLyons

From Old French Lyons (nominative of Lyon), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

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APA

lyons. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyons

MLA

“lyons.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyons. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lyons,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyons.

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