a male given name, clipping of Leopold · a male given name, clipping of Leonhard · a male given name, feminine equivalent Leonie or Leoni, equivalent to English Leo; variant form Leon
çekim: çoğul Leos · tamlayan Leos
köken: From Old High German lēo (“shelter”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw.
León (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: León) · León (a city in Castile and León, Spain) · León (a department of Nicaragua)
çekim: çoğul leones
eş: león americano, león de montaña, puma
köken: Inherited from Latin legiōnem. The places in Spain are named after the Roman legion that settled them, the Legio VII Gemina. Doublet of legión, which was a learned borrowing. Unrelated to león.
aile: Castilla y León, León de Francia, Nuevo León
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese leon (“lion”), from Latin leōnem (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Doublet of leu. Cognate with Galician and Spanish león among others.
form of λιοντάρι (liontári) (in set phrases and learned terms) · brave man · for the constellation and the given name, see Λέων (Léon)
çekim: çoğul λέοντες · tamlayan λέοντος
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn) from the accusative singular τὸν (tòn) λέοντα (léonta). Also see λέοντας m (léontas), λιόντας m (lióntas), λεοντάρι n (leontári) & λιοντάρι n (liontári).
köken: Inherited from Old Czech lev, from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic source (possibly Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa)). Can ultimately be traced back to Latin leō, which comes from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), a word that is possibly a Semitic or an Akkadian borrowing.
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic source (possibly Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa)). Can ultimately be traced back to Latin leō, which comes from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), a word that is possibly a Semitic or an Akkadian borrowing.