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León

León is the alternative form of Leon in reference to various places in Spain and Latin America.

Origin of León

From Spanish León, from Latin legiō (“legion”), named for the Legio VII Gemina, which settled there. Doublet of legion via Old French.

Words formed from León

Phrases with León

Questions about León

What is León the alternative form of?
León is the alternative form of Leon in reference to various places in Spain and Latin America.

Words near León in the dictionary

  1. lezzing out
  2. lezzing up
  3. lezzo
  4. lezzos
  5. lezzy
  6. León
  7. Leónese
  8. Lețcani
  9. lf
  10. LFA
  11. LFB

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Adapted from Wiktionary: León (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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