Lyons.
Alternative form of Lyon: the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Meaning & usage
Alternative form of Lyon: the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Boulder County, Colorado.
A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Toombs County, Georgia.
A number of places in the United States: A village and township in Cook County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Washington Township, Greene County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Mills County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Rice County, Kansas.
A number of places in the United States: A village and township in Ionia County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Lyon County, Minnesota, apparently named after Lyon in France.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Wadena County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Burt County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
A number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Wayne County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Lyons, Wayne County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Royalton Township, Fulton County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Linn County, Oregon.
A number of places in the United States: A borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place and township in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Burleson County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
A place in Australia: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, named after Joseph Lyons.
A place in Australia: A northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory.
A place in Australia: A rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland.
A place in Australia: A locality in the Shire of Glenelg, south western Victoria, Australia
A surname.
Where this word comes from
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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