lyoun

• lion, leon, lioun, lyon, lioun, liun, lyoone, leun, leo, lyoon, lyown, lyun, leoun, lyone

From Old French leon, from Latin leōnem, accusative of leō.

• IPA^(key): /liːˈuːn/, /liːˈoːn/, /ˈliːɔn/, /leːˈuːn/, /ˈleːɔn/

lyoun (plural lyouns)

1. lion (The felid Panthera leo)

   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Apocalips 4:7”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     And the firſte beeſte lijk a lyoun; and the ſecounde beeſte lijk a calf; and the thridde beeſte hauynge a face as of a man; and the fourthe beeſte lijk an egle fleynge.

     And the first beast [was] like a lion; and the second beast [was] like a calf; and the third beast had a face like a person; and the fourth beast [was] like an eagle flying.

2. (heraldry) A heraldic lion
3. (astronomy) Leo (constellation)
4. (astrology) Leo (zodiac)
5. (figuratively) The lion as a symbol of pride or power.
6. (figuratively) The lion as a symbol of ferocity or rapaciousness.

• English: lion
  • → Hawaiian: liona
  • → Japanese: ライオン (raion)
  • → Maia: laion
• Scots: lion, lioun, lyon, lyoun

• “līǒun(n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.