Definition of lyons Lyons

/lajˈʌnz/ - [layunz] - Ly•ons

We found 5 definitions of lyons from 3 different sources.

What does lyons mean?

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lyons - the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land
		First Council of Lyons
lyons - the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church
		Second Council of Lyons
lyons - a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
		Lyon, Lyons
		french republic, france a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

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lyons
(anc. Lugdunum). A city of France, capital of the department of the Rhône, situated at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône. A Roman colony is said to have been established here in 43 B.C. The city was destroyed by fire in the time of Seneca, but was shortly after restored by Nero to its former splendor. It was plundered and again burnt by the soldiers of Septimius Severus, after the defeat of Albinus near it in 197 A.D. In 1793, the city having refused to submit to the Convention, sustained a memorable siege from August 8 to October 9, on which date it was taken, and suffered severely at the hands of the republicans.
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