Leon

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

English

Proper noun

Leon

A male given name, a Greek form of Leo, or Anglicized from the French Léon or Spanish León.

Anagrams

Elon, Leno, NOEL, Noel, Nole, Noël, enol, leno, lone, noel, nole, noël, one L

Breton

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlewn/

Proper noun

Leon f

Léon, a historical region of Brittany

Synonyms

Bro-Leon

Derived terms

Danish

Proper noun

Leon

A male given name, variant of Leo.

Faroese

Proper noun

Leon m

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

Proper noun

Leon

A male given name, variant of Leo.

Irish

Proper noun

An Leon m (genitive an Leoin)

(astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension

Declension of Leon

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	Leon
Vocative	a Leoin
Genitive	Leoin
Dative	Leon

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an Leon
Genitive	an Leoin
Dative	leis an Leon don Leon

Norwegian

Proper noun

Leon

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

(Kingdom of) León
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 332 (facsimile):
  ũu mõeſteiro en reino de Leon
  a monastery in the Kingdom of León
León (city)
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 332 (facsimile):
  un mõeſteiro que este preto de Leon
  a monastery close to León

Descendants

Galician: León
Portuguese: Leão

Slovene

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈléːɔn/
Tonal orthography: lẹ̑on

Proper noun

Léon m anim (genitive Léona)

Leo; A male given name

Declension

Declension of Léon (masculine anim., hard o-stem)

	singular
nominative	Léon
accusative	Léona
genitive	Léona
dative	Léonu
locative	Léonu
instrumental	Léonom

Swedish

Proper noun

Leon c (genitive Leons)

A male given name, variant of Leo.

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