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lyons

lyons is the plural of lyon.

Proper noun capitalized: Lyons

Lyons

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Lyon: the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
  2. A town in Boulder County, Colorado.
  3. A city, the county seat of Toombs County, Georgia.
  4. A village and township in Cook County, Illinois.
  5. A town in Washington Township, Greene County, Indiana.
  6. A township in Mills County, Iowa.
  7. A city, the county seat of Rice County, Kansas.
  8. A village and township in Ionia County, Michigan.
  9. A township in Lyon County, Minnesota, apparently named after Lyon in France.
  10. A township in Wadena County, Minnesota.
  11. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
  12. A minor city in Burt County, Nebraska.
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  1. A census-designated place in Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
  2. A town, the county seat of Wayne County, New York.
  3. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Lyons, Wayne County, New York.
  4. A village in Royalton Township, Fulton County, Ohio.
  5. A city in Linn County, Oregon.
  6. A borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  7. A census-designated place and township in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
  8. A census-designated place in Burleson County, Texas.
  9. A town and census-designated place therein, in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
  10. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, named after Joseph Lyons.
  11. A northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory.
  12. A rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland.
  13. A locality in the Shire of Glenelg, south western Victoria, Australia
  14. A surname.

Origin of lyons

From Old French Lyons (nominative of Lyon), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Questions about lyons

What does lyons mean?
Lyons means a town in Boulder County, Colorado.
What is lyons the plural of?
Lyons is the plural of lyon.
What part of speech is lyons?
Lyons is a proper noun.

Words near lyons in the dictionary

  1. lyonization
  2. Lyonnais
  3. lyonnaise
  4. Lyonnese
  5. Lyonnesse
  6. lyons
  7. Lyonshall
  8. lyonsiid
  9. lyonsiids
  10. lyonsite
  11. Lyonville

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