legión

See also: legion, Legion, and légion

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legiōnem. Doublet of León, a place name that was the inherited form of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈxjon/ [leˈxjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: le‧gión

Noun

legión f (plural legiones)

1. legion

Further reading

• “legión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014