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.