Leon

See also: leon, león, leòn, León, and Léon

English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Leon

  1. A male given name from Latin, a Greek form of Leo, or Anglicized from the French Léon or Spanish León.
  2. A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States.

See also

Anagrams


Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlewn/

Proper noun

Leon f

  1. Léon, a historical region of Brittany

Synonyms

  • Bro-Leon

Derived terms


Danish

Proper noun

Leon

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Faroese

Proper noun

Leon m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Leon: Leonsson
  • daughter of Leon: Leonsdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Leon
Accusative Leon
Dative Leoni
Genitive Leons

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːɔn/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Leon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Leons)

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Irish

Proper noun

An Leon m (genitive an Leoin)

  1. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension


Norwegian

Proper noun

Leon

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Old Portuguese

Reino de Leon

Etymology

From Latin Legione, ablative of Legio, Legionis, from Legio septima Gemina, a Roman legion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le.ˈõ/

Proper noun

Leon

  1. (Kingdom of) León
  2. León (city)

Descendants

  • Galician: León
  • Portuguese: Leão

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Leō, from leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɔn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɔn
  • Syllabification: Le‧on

Proper noun

Leon m pers (feminine Leonia)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leo

Declension

Further reading

  • Leon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Leon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /léːɔn/

Proper noun

Lẹ̑on m anim

  1. Leo; a male given name

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative Léon
genitive Léona
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Léon
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Léonu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Léonom

Swedish

Proper noun

Leon c (genitive Leons)

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Anagrams

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