Jump to content

Leon

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: leon, león, leòn, León, and Léon

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

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.

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon

  1. A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
  2. A surname from Latin.
Derived terms
[edit]
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

From Spanish León, from Latin legiō (“legion”), named for the Legio VII Gemina, which settled there. In reference to the New York town and Texan river, taken from the former Spanish kingdom. The Texan lake is named for the river. The Floridian county is named for the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. The Texan county is named for Martin de Leon, founder of Victoria, Texas. The town in Monroe Co., Wisconsin, was named for the Mexican city. The Iowan town was changed to honor the "Fighting Doctor" of the Mexican–American War David Camden de Leon after it was discovered that Iowa already had a city named Independence. The Kansan town was named for the one in Iowa. Doublet of legion via Old French. The California town was named for the nearby Leon Mine.

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon

  1. A city in northwestern Spain, the former capital of the Kingdom of Leon.
  2. (historical) A former polity in the Iberian Peninsula, a kingdom with the city as its capital.
  3. A province of Castile and León, Spain around the city.
  4. A historical region in Spain around the province.
  5. A surname from Spanish.
  6. A department of Nicaragua.
  7. Short for Leon County, a county in Florida around the state capital Tallahassee.
  8. Short for Leon County, a county in Texas around Centerville.
  9. A city in Guanajuato, Mexico.
  10. A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States.
  11. A city in Butler County, Kansas, United States.
  12. A town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.
  13. A town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States.
  14. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.
  15. A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.
  16. A river in Texas, United States.
  17. A lake in Texas, United States.
  18. (historical) A former town in San Diego County, California, United States.
Alternative forms
[edit]
  • (places in Spain and Latin America): León
Derived terms
[edit]
[edit]
Translations
[edit]

Etymology 3

[edit]

From Breton Leon and French Léon.

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon

  1. (historical) A former polity in Brittany, in northwestern France, reckoned as either a county or viscounty.
  2. (historical) A former region in Brittany, in northwestern France around the former polity.
  3. A surname from French.
Alternative forms
[edit]

Statistics

[edit]

According to the 2010 United States Census, Leon is the 363rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 86,363 individuals. Leon is most common among Hispanic/Latino (85.21%) and White (9.99%) individuals.

Anagrams

[edit]

Breton

[edit]
Breton Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia br

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon f

  1. Léon, a historical region of Brittany

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Danish

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Faroese

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

[edit]

Patronymics

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

Declension

[edit]
Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Leon
Accusative Leon
Dative Leoni
Genitive Leons

German

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Leons)

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Irish

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

An Leon m (genitive an Leoin)

  1. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension

[edit]
Declension of Leon (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
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

See also

[edit]
Zodiac signs in Irish · Comharthaí an Stoidiaca (layout · text)
Reithe Tarbh Cúpla Portán
Leon Maighdean Meá Scairp
Saighdeoir Gabhar Iompróir an Uisce Éisc

Norwegian

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Old Galician-Portuguese

[edit]
Reino de Leon

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon

  1. (Kingdom of) León
  2. León (city)
[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Galician: León
  • Portuguese: Leão

Old Leonese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From earlier Lejione, from Latin legiōnem.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon

  1. Kingdom of León
    • 1283, Infante Doña Maria, Carta de reconocimiento de los fueros, privilegios y franquezas del concejo de Toro por parte de D.ᵃ María, esposa del infante D. Sancho:
      et con todos sus fueros et libertades et con todos sus derechos, finque sin ninguna contienda, á Don Sancho, mio marido, ó aquel que fuere señor del regno de Leon.
      and with all their privileges and freedoms and with all their rights, granted without any dispute, to Don Sancho, my husband, or he who was lord of the kingdom of Leon.
    • 1226, De lo que Don Miguel con su mugier a la orden:
      A vos don Pedro Perez, comendador maior eno regno de Leon
      To you, Don Pedro Perez, Commander of the Kingdom of Leon.
  2. León (city)
    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      canolıgo dela egƚıa de Le͠o
      canon of the church of Leon

Descendants

[edit]

Polish

[edit]
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin Leō. Doublet of lew.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon m pers (female equivalent Leonia)

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Leo

Declension

[edit]
Declension of Leon
singular plural
nominative Leon Leonowie
genitive Leona Leonów
dative Leonowi Leonom
accusative Leona Leonów
instrumental Leonem Leonami
locative Leonie Leonach
vocative Leonie Leonowie

Further reading

[edit]
  • Leon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Lȅon m (Cyrillic spelling Ле̏он)

  1. a male given name

Further reading

[edit]
  • “Leon”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Slovene

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Lẹ̑on m anim

  1. Leo; a male given name

Inflection

[edit]
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative Léon
genitive Léona
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		Léon
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		Léona
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		Léonu
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		Léona
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		Léonu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		Léonom

Swedish

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Leon c (genitive Leons)

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Anagrams

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Leon&oldid=82740973"