Associations to the word «Lyon»

Wiktionary

LYON, proper noun. Alternative spelling of Lyons
LYON, noun. Obsolete spelling of lion

Dictionary definition

LYON, noun. A city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon.

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