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Lyanna

Lyanna proper noun: a female given name.

Proper noun

Lyanna

  1. A female given name.
    • 'Lyanna! Lyanna!' thou calledst ever: 'Lyanna! 'a ripple of rays that came:' 'Lyanna, thy name is like song forever!'1893, Madison Julius Cawein, Poems of Nature and Love, page 142
    • If Lyanna was telling the truth, it presumably meant that her Night wasn't actually over. That her acceptance and control of the mana would not be complete. And that she could relapse anytime, unshielded, wreaking untold damage to herself ...2010, James Barclay, Nightchild, Prometheus Books, →ISBN

Examples of Lyanna in a sentence

  • Lyanna was playing with the remains of her soup, trailing a piece of bread across its surface.2011, James Barclay, The Raven eBook Collection, Gollancz, →ISBN:
  • At the tourney's end, Prince Rhaegar shocked the attendees by crowning Lyanna the Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his wife, Elia of Dorne.2014, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance, McFarland, →ISBN, page 70:

Words formed from Lyanna

Questions about Lyanna

What does Lyanna mean?
Lyanna means a female given name.
How do you use Lyanna in a sentence?
Lyanna was playing with the remains of her soup, trailing a piece of bread across its surface.
What part of speech is Lyanna?
Lyanna is a proper noun.

Words near Lyanna in the dictionary

  1. Lyalls
  2. lyam
  3. lyam-hound
  4. lyam-hounds
  5. lyams
  6. Lyanna
  7. Lyapunov
  8. Lyapunov exponent
  9. Lyapunov exponents
  10. Lyapunov orbit
  11. Lyapunov orbits

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