1. Lyons - Noun
2. Lyons - Proper noun
a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land
the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church
Source: WordNetWeave no more silks, ye Lyons looms, To deck our girls for gay delights! The crimson flower of battle blooms, And solemn marches fill the nights. Julia Ward Howe
The tyrant has crossed Lyons. Napoleon Bonaparte
I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
$7,500 since 2014 to campaign funds for Lyons Mayor Chris Getty, whose political and business offices were raided by federal agents in September 2019. Source: Internet
A critical assessment of the colonial obsession with sleeping sickness in: Lyons, Maryinez (1992), The Colonial Disease, A Social History of Sleeping Sickness in Northern Zaire, 1900–1940, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Source: Internet
Additionally, there were "pirate" broadcasts from the Continent into Britain, from Radio Luxembourg and Radio Lyons in 1936 through 1937. Source: Internet