Masculine

León

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Meaning

  1. (masculine) León (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: León)
  2. (masculine) León (a city in Castile and León, Spain)
  3. (masculine) León (a department of Nicaragua)
  4. (masculine) a city in Mexico
  5. (masculine) a habitational surname

Synonyms

Translations

Frequency

B2
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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