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)

1. 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)

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

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لیون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], 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)

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