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1. (n.) Lyons
a city in E France at the confluence of the Rhone and Saône rivers. 418,476.
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1. (noun) Lyon, Lyons
a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
2. (noun) Lyons, Second Council of Lyons
the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church
3. (noun) 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
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1. Lyons
the second city of France, at the junction of the Rhône and Saône, 250 m. S. of Paris; has a Roman Catholic university, and valuable museum, library, and art collections, many old churches and buildings, and schools of art and industries; the staple industry is silk, weaving, dyeing, and printing; there are also chemical, machinery, and fancy ware manufactures, and it is an emporium of commerce between Central and Southern Europe; of late years Lyons has been a hot-bed of ultra-republicanism.
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