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León

proper noun

  1. city in Castile and León, Spain
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: From Spanish León, from Latin legiō (“legion”), named for the Legio VII Gemina, which settled there. Doublet of legion via Old French.

  1. Alternative form of Leon in reference to various places in Spain and Latin America.