لیون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From French Lyon, from Latin Lugdūnum, from Gaulish *Lugudūnon (“fort of Lug”), from the Celtic deity Lug, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Proper noun

لیون • (Liyon)

Lyon (a city in central France; capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)

Synonyms

لیون شهری (Liyon Şehri)

Derived terms

لیون شهری

Descendants

Persian: لیون (Liyon)

Etymology 2

From Spanish León, from Latin legio (“legion”) for the Legio VII Gemina formerly based there.

Proper noun

لیون • (Liyon)

Leon (a city in northwest Spain; former capital of Leon)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لیون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1649

Urdu

Alternative forms

لیوں (liyõ)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Lyon, taken from French Lyon.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɪ.joːn/, /lɪ.jɔːn/
Rhymes: -oːn, -ɔːn

Proper noun

لیون • (liyon) m (Hindi spelling ल्यों)

Lyon (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

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