Definition of "Lyon"

Lyon¹

proper noun
1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. An unincorporated community and township in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.

Lyon²

proper noun
1. The third largest city in France; capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
  Quotations
  Lyon was not a very cheerful town at night. It was a big, heavy, solid-money town, probably fine if you had money and liked that sort of town. For years I had heard about the wonderful chicken in the restaurants there, but we had eaten mutton instead.
  1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 152
2. A town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, named after the French city.

Lyon³

proper noun
1. A tributary of the Tay River, Scotland.