Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lyons

3 senses of lyons

Sense 1
Lyon, Lyons -- (a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 2
Lyons, Second Council of Lyons -- (the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church)
       => council -- ((Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine)

Sense 3
Lyons, First Council of 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)
       => council -- ((Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lyon

1 sense of lyon

Sense 1
Lyon, Lyons -- (a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")