Masculine
León
Sentences
No 🚫 dispone sin embargo de conexiones directas de Media Distancia con Castilla y León .
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However, it does not have direct Medium Distance connections with Castilla y León.
Meaning
- (masculine) León (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: León)
- (masculine) León (a city in Castile and León, Spain)
- (masculine) León (a department of Nicaragua)
- (masculine) a city in Mexico
- (masculine) a habitational surname
Synonyms
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Le‧ón
Pronounced as (IPA)
/leˈon/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Latin legiōnem. The places in Spain are named after the Roman legion that settled them, the Legio VII Gemina. Doublet of legión, which was a learned borrowing. Unrelated to león.
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