león

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(masculine) lion
(masculine) antlion
(masculine) lion
(figuratively, masculine) a brave person
(Central-America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, masculine) cougar, puma, mountain lion
(masculine) a person connected with Athletic Bilbao, a Spanish football team from the city of Bilbao

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Hyphenated as

le‧ón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leˈon/

Cognate with Catalan

lleó

Cognate with French

lion

Cognate with Galician

león

Cognate with Italian

leone

Cognate with Portuguese

leão

Cognate with Romanian

leu

In summary

From Latin leōnem (compare Catalan lleó, French lion, Galician león, Italian leone, Portuguese leão, Romanian leu), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of Semitic origin. Doublet of leu.