Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Alternative form of Lyon: the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. · A town in Boulder County, Colorado. · A city, the county seat of Toombs County, Georgia. · A village and township in Cook County, Illinois.
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.
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