What does leon mean?

Definitions for leon
leɪˈoʊnleon

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word leon.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Leonnoun

    a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain

  2. Leonnoun

    a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains

  3. Leonnoun

    a city in central Mexico

Wiktionary

  1. Leónnoun

    Region in north-west Spain, now a part of the autonomous region Castilla y León.

  2. Leónnoun

    A city in the region of León.

  3. Leónnoun

    A department of Nicaragua.

  4. Leonnoun

    A male given name from Latin, a Greek form of Leo, or Anglicized from the French Léon or Spanish León.

Wikipedia

  1. LEON

    LEON (from Spanish: león meaning lion) is a radiation-tolerant 32-bit central processing unit (CPU) microprocessor core that implements the SPARC V8 instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Sun Microsystems. It was originally designed by the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), part of the European Space Agency (ESA), without any involvement by Sun. Later versions have been designed by Gaisler Research, under a variety of owners. It is described in synthesizable VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL). LEON has a dual license model: An GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) and GNU General Public License (GPL) free and open-source software (FOSS) license that can be used without licensing fee, or a proprietary license that can be purchased for integration in a proprietary product. The core is configurable through VHDL generics, and is used in system on a chip (SOC) designs both in research and commercial settings.

ChatGPT

  1. leon

    Leon can refer to a few different terms or names: 1. A personal male given name of Greek origin meaning "lion". 2. A city in Spain, the capital of the province of León, known for its historical and architectural heritage. 3. An administrative region in Nicaragua, as well as the name of its principal city, León. 4. Various smaller localities in countries such as Mexico, United States, and The Philippines, among others. 5. In history, the Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom based in the region of León in the north-west of modern-day Spain. The exact definition depends on the context in which the term is being used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Leonnoun

    a lion

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Leon

    an ancient kingdom in the NE. of Spain, united with Castile in 1230, with a capital of the same name 256 m. NW. of Madrid. Also the name of a city in Nicaragua and another in Mexico.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. leon

    A province of Spain, subdivided into the smaller provinces of Salamanca, Zumor, and Leon. The kingdom of Leon was erected in 746, by Alfonso the Catholic, out of the provinces he had wrested from the Saracens and the older kingdom of Asturias, and in 1230 it was permanently united to Castile. During the Peninsular war it suffered greatly.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LEON

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Leon is ranked #363 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Leon surname appeared 86,363 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 29 would have the surname Leon.

    85.2% or 73,590 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    9.9% or 8,628 total occurrences were White.
    2.9% or 2,548 total occurrences were Black.
    1% or 898 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 380 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.3% or 320 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for leon »

  1. enol

  2. leno

  3. lone

  4. noel

  5. noël

  6. Noel

  7. Noël

  8. NOEL

  9. nole

  10. one L

  11. elon

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of leon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of leon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of leon in a Sentence

  1. Kia Motors:

    The investment contract between the company and the Nuevo Leon state government was done through a legitimate procedure, and we expect the state government to respect the contract and faithfully abide by it.

  2. Jesse Watters:

    When I seepeople like Mike Morell and Leon Panetta, I see Obama andHillary [ Clinton ], they’ve both been dead silencesince this thing broke out andthey are kind of speaking forHillary and Barack.

  3. Vice President Biden on Tuesday:

    There were only two people who were definitive and were absolutely certain. Leon Panetta said go, [ Defense Secretary ] Bob Gates … said don’t go. Others were at 59-41.

  4. Dennis Smith:

    murdered in cold blood. Leon Taylor did more than just rob the store. He robbed our family, my brother, forever.

  5. Dennis Smith:

    Leon Taylor did more than just rob the store. He robbed our family, my brother, forever, Almost 7,500 days have passed and finally tonight justice was served.

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