Noun
- 1. Lyon, Lyons
- usage: a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
- 2. Lyons, Second Council of Lyons, council
- usage: the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church
- 3. Lyons, First Council of Lyons, council
- usage: the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land
Noun
- 1. Lyon, Lyons
- usage: a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
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