Associations to the word «Leon»

Wiktionary

LEON, proper noun. A male given name, a Greek form of Leo, or Anglicized from the French Léon or Spanish León.
LEÓN, proper noun. Region in north-west Spain, now a part of the autonomous region Castilla y León.
LEÓN, proper noun. A city in the region of León.
LEÓN, proper noun. A department of Nicaragua.
LEÓN, proper noun. A city of Mexican state of Guanajuato.

Dictionary definition

LEON, noun. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
LEON, noun. A city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains.
LEON, noun. A city in central Mexico.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats