Leon
Meanings
name
- A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
- A surname from Latin.
name
- A city in northwestern Spain, the former capital of the Kingdom of Leon.
- A former polity in the Iberian Peninsula, a kingdom with the city as its capital.
- A province of Castile and León, Spain around the city.
- A historical region of Spain around the province.
- A surname from Spanish.
- A municipality and village in Doctor Manuel Belgrano department, Jujuy province, Argentina, properly León.
- A department of Nicaragua.
- A city in Guanajuato, Mexico.
- A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States.
- A city in Butler County, Kansas, United States.
- A town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.
- A town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States.
name
- A former viscounty in Brittany, in northwestern France.
- A cultural region of the department of Finistère, Brittany, France, around the former polity.
- A surname from French.
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Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Leo and leo (“lion”), from Ancient Greek Λέων (Léōn) and λέων (léōn, “lion”), likely ultimately from a non-Indo-European language. Sometimes via other related languages such as French Léon and sometimes as a diminutive of related names such as Leonard and Leonardo.
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