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Definition: Lion |
LionNoun1. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male. 2. A celebrity who is lionized (much sought after). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | A cruel beast who never patronizes the barber and is always bearded in his den, yet will furnish a close shave if you get near enough. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a lion, signifies that a great force is driving you. If you subdue the lion, you will be victorious in any engagement. If it overpowers you, then you will be open to the successful attacks of enemies. To see caged lions, denotes that your success depends upon your ability to cope with opposition. To see a man controlling a lion in its cage, or out denotes success in business and great mental power. You will be favorably regarded by women. To see young lions, denotes new enterprises, which will bring success if properly attended. For a young woman to dream of young lions, denotes new and fascinating lovers. For a woman to dream that she sees Daniel in the lions' den, signifies that by her intellectual qualifications and personal magnetism she will win fortune and lovers to her highest desire. To hear the roar of a lion, signifies unexpected advancement and preferment with women. To see a lion's head over you, showing his teeth by snarls, you are threatened with defeat in your upward rise to power. To see a lion's skin, denotes a rise to fortune and happiness. To ride one, denotes courage and persistency in surmounting difficulties. To dream you are defending your children from a lion with a pen-knife, foretells enemies will threaten to overpower you, and will well nigh succeed if you allow any artfulness to persuade you for a moment from duty and business obligations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Lion (as an agnomen). ALP ARSLAN [the Valiant Lion, son of Togrul Beg, the Perso-Turkish monarch. (Reigned 1063-1072.) ALI was called The Lion of God for his religious zeal and great courage. His mother called him at birth Al Haïdara, the Rugged Lion. (A.D. 602, 655-661.) ALI PASHA, called The Lion of Janina, overthrown in 1822 by Ibrahim Pasha. (1741, 1788-1822.) ARIOCH (fifth of the dynasty of Ninu, the Assyrian), called Arioch Ellasar- i.e. Arioch Melech al Asser, the Lion King of Assyria. (B.C. 1927-1897.) DAMELOWIEZ, Prince of Haliez, who founded Lemberg (Lion City) in 1259. GUSTA'VUS ADOLPHUS, called The Lion of the North. (1594, 1611-1632.) HAMZA, called The Lion of God and of His Prophet. So Gabriel told Mahomet his uncle was enregistered in heaven. HENRY, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, was called The Lion for his daring courage. (1129-1195.) LOUIS VIII. of France was called The Lion because he was born under the sign Leo. (1187, 1223-1226.) RICHARD I. Coeur de Lion (Lion's heart), so called for his bravery. (1157, 1189-1199.) WILLIAM of Scotland, so called because he chose a red lion rampant for his cognisance. (Reigned 1165-1214.) The Order of the Lion. A German Order of civil merit, founded in 1815. Lion (as an emblem). A lion is emblem of the tribe of Judah; Christ is called "the lion of the tribe of Judah." "Judah is a lion's whelp: ... he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?"- Genesis xlix.9. A lion emblematic of St. Jerome. The tale is, that while Jerome was lecturing one day, a lion entered the schoolroom, and lifted up one of its paws. All the disciples fled; but Jerome, seeing that the paw was wounded, drew out of it a thorn and dressed the wound. The lion, out of gratitude, showed a wish to stay with its benefactor. Hence Jerome is typified as a lion, or as accompanied by a lion. (Kenesman: Lives of the Saints, p. 784.) Androclus and the Lion. This is a replica of the tale of ANDROC'LUS. Androclus was a Roman slave, condemned to encounter a lion in the amphitheatre; but when the beast was let loose it crouched at the feet of the slave and began licking them. The circumstance naturally excited the curiosity of the consul: and the slave, being brought before him, told him the following tale: "I was compelled by cruel treatment to run away from your service while in Africa, and one day I took refuge in a cave from the heat of the sun. While I was in the cave a lion entered, limping, and evidently in great pain. Seeing me, he held up his paw, from which I extracted a large thorn. We lived together in the cave for some time, the lion catering for both of us. At length I left the cave, was apprehended, brought to Rome, and condemned to encounter a lion in the amphitheatre. My enemy was my old friend, and he recognised me instantly." (A. Gellius: Noctes, v. 15.) St. Gerasimus and the Lion. A very similar tale is told of ST. GERASIMUS (A.D. 475). One day, being on the banks of the Jordan, he saw a lion coming to him, limping on three feet. When it reached the saint, it held up to him the right paw, from which Gerasimus extracted a large thorn. The grateful beast attached itself to the saint, and followed him about as a dog. (Vies des Pères des Déserts d'Orient.) Sir George Davis and the Lion. Sir George Davis was English consul at Florence at the beginning of the 19th century. One day he went to see the lions of the great Duke of Tuscany. There was one which the keepers could not tame; but no sooner did Sir George appear than it manifested every symptom of joy. Sir George entered its cage, when the lion leaped on his shoulder, licked his face, wagged its tail, and fawned on him like a dog. Sir George told the great duke that he had brought up the creature; but as it grew older it became dangerous, and he sold it to a Barbary captive. The duke said that he had bought it of the very same man, and the mystery was solved. Half a score of such tales are told by the Bollandistes in the Acta Sanctorum. The lion an emblem of the resurrection. According to tradition, the lion's whelp is born dead, and remains so for three days, when the father breathes on it and it receives life. Another tradition is that the lion is the only animal of the cat tribe born with its eyes open, and it is said that it sleeps with its eyes open. This is not strictly correct, but undoubtedly it sleeps watchfully and lightly. Mark the Evangelist is symbolised by A lion, because he begins his gospel with the scenes of John the Baptist and Jesus in the Wilderness. Matthew is symbolised by a man, because he begins his gospel with the humanity of Jesus, as a descendant of David. Luke is symbolised as a calf, because he begins his gospel with the priest sacrificing in the &demple;. John is symbolised by an eagle, because he soars high, and begins his gospel with the divinity of the Logos. The four symbols are those of Ezekiel's cherubim. The American lion. The puma. A Cotswold lion. A sheep. Lion (grateful for kindness):- ANDRROC'LUS. (See under Lion as an emblem.) SIR IWAIN DE GALLES was attended by a lion, which, in gratitude to the knight, who had delivered it from a serpent with which it had been engaged in deadly combat, ever after became his faithful servant, approaching the knight with tears, and rising on his hind-feet like a dog. SIR GEOFFREY DE LATOUR was aided by a lion against the Saracens; but the faithful brute was drowned in attempting to follow the vessel in which the knight had embarked on his departure from the Holy Land. ST. GERASIMUS. (See under Lion as an emblem.) ST. JEROME. (See under Lion as an emblem. ) ~~~Lion Lion in HERALDRY. (1) Couchant. Lying down; head erect, and tail beneath him. Emblematic of sovereignty. (2) Coward or Coué. With tail hanging between his legs. (3) Dormant. Asleep, with head resting on his fore-paws. (4) Passant. Walking, three feet on the ground; in profile. Emblematic of resolution. (5) Passant Gardant. Three feet on the ground; full face. The "Lion of England." Resolution and Prudence. (6) Passant Regardant. Three feet on the ground; side face turned backwards. (7) Rampant. Erect on his hind legs; in profile. Emblematic of magnanimity. (8) Rampant Gardant. Erect on his hind legs; full face. Emblematic of prudence. (9) Rampant Regardant. Erect on his hind legs; side face looking behind. Emblematic of circumspection. (10) Regardant. Looking behind him; emblematic of circumspection. (11) Saliant. In the act of springing forward on its prey. Emblematic of valour. (12) Sejant. Sitting, rising to prepare for action; face in profile, tail erect. Emblematic of counsel. (13) Sejant Affronté (as in the crest of Scotland). (14) Statant. Standing with four legs on the ground. (15) Lion of St. Mark. A winged lion sejant, holding an open book with the inscription "Pax tibi Marce, Evangelista Meus." A sword-point rises above the book on the dexter side, and the whole is encircled by an aureola. (16) Lion of Venice. The same as the lion of St. Mark. Then there are black, red, and white lions, with many leonine monsters. A lion at the feet of knights and martyrs, in effigy, signifies that they died for their magnanimity. The lions in the arms of England. They are three lions passant gardant, i.e. walking and showing the full face. The first lion was that of Rollo, Duke of Normandy, and the second represented the country of Maine, which was added to Normandy. These were the two lions borne by William the Conqueror and his descendants. Henry II. added a third lion to represent the Duchy of Aquitaine, which came to him through his wife Eleanor. The French heralds call the lion passant a leopard; accordingly Napoleon said to his soldiers, "Let us drive these leopards (the English) into the sea." In heraldry any lion not rampant is called a lion leopardé. The lion in the arms of Scotland is derived from the arms of the ancient Earls of Northumberland and Huntingdon, from whom some of the Scotch monarchs were descended. The tressure is referred to the reign of King Achaicus, who made a league with Charlemagne, "who did augment his arms with a double trace formed with Floure-de-lyces, signifying thereby that the lion henceforth should be defended by the ayde of Frenchmen." (Holinshed: Chronicles.) Sir Walter Scott says the lion rampant in the arms of Scotland was first assumed by William of Scotland, and has been continued ever since. "William, King of Scotland, having chosen for his armorial bearing a Red Lion rampant, acquired the name of William the Lion; and this rampant lion still constitutes the arms of Scotland; and the president of the heraldic court ... is called Lord Lion King-at-Arms."- Tales of a Grandfather, iv. A marble lion was set up in honour of Leonidas, who fell at &Thermopylae;, and a Belgian lion stands on the field of Waterloo. Lions in classic mythology. CYB'ELE (3 syl.) is represented as riding in a chariot drawn by two tame lions. PRACRITI, the goddess of nature among the Hindus, is represented in a similar manner. HIPPOM'ENES and ATLANTA (fond lovers) were metamorphosed into lions by Cybele. HERCULES is said to have worn over his shoulders the hide of the Nemean lion, which he slew with his club. TERROUR is also represented as arrayed in a lion's hide. The Nemean lion, slain by Hercules. The first of his twelve labours. As it could not be wounded by any weapon, Hercules squeezed it to death. Lion (a public-house sign). Black lion comes from the Flemings. "Au noir lyon la fleur-de-lis Prist la terre de ca le Lys." Godefroy de Paris. Blue, the badge of the Earl of Mortimer, also of Denmark. Blue seems frequently to represent silver; thus we have the Blue Boar of Richard III., the Blue Lion of the Earl of Mortimer, the Blue Swan of Henry IV., the Blue Dragon, etc. Crowned, the badge of Henry VIII. Golden, the badge of Henry I., and also of Percy, Duke of Northumberland. Passant gardant (walking and showing a full face), the device of England. Rampant, the device of Scotland. Rampant, with the tail between its legs and turned over its back, the badge of Edward IV. as Earl of March. Red, of Scotland; also the badge of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, who assumed this badge as a token of his claim to the throne of Castile. Sleeping, the device of Richard I. Statant gardant (i.e. standing and showing a full face), the device of the Duke of Norfolk. White, the device of the Dukes of Norfolk; also of the Earl of Surrey, Earl of Mortimer, and the Fitz-Hammonds. "For who, in field or foray slack, Saw the blanche lion e'er fall back? [Duke of Norfolk]." Sir Walter Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel. The winged lion. The republic of Venice. Its heraldic device. White and Red Lions. Prester John, in a letter to Manuel Comnenus, of Constantinople, 1165, says his land is "the home of white and red lions." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | LION. To tip the lion; to squeeze the nose of the party tipped, flat to his face with the thumb. To shew the lions and tombs; to point out the particular curiosities of any place, to act the ciceroni: an allusion to Westminster Abbey, and the Tower, where. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Lion, Panthera leo, is a mammal of the family Felidae. The male lion, who is easily recognized by his mane, may weigh up to 250 kg. Females are much smaller, weighing up to only 180 kg. Lions are carnivores who live in family groups, called prides, consisting of related females, their cubs of both sexes, and an unrelated male who mates with the adult females. The females do the hunting for the pride. Males are expelled from the pride when they reach maturity.
Lion
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Panthera Species: leo Despite being popularly known as the "king of the jungle", the lion is an animal of the open plains, and can be found throughout Africa. It is nevertheless a threatened species with significant populations being limited to national parks in Tanzania and South Africa.
The last remnant of the Asiatic lion (subspecies Panthera leo persica), which in historical times ranged from Greece to India through Persia, lives in the Gir Forest of northwestern India. About 300 lions live in a 500-square mile sanctuary in the state of Gujarat.
Lions had become extinct in Greece, their last European outpost, by 100 AD, but they survived in considerable numbers in the Middle East and North Africa until the early 20th century. The lions that used to live in North Africa, called Barbary lions are thought to have been a subspecies of lion, although to date it has not yet been tested enough to confirm this.
Lions are recurring symbols in the coat of arms of royalty and chivalry. Lions show up in the art of China, even though lions have never lived in China. No animal has been given more attention in art and literature. C.A.W. Guggisberg, in his book Simba, says the lion is referred to 130 times in the Bible. The lion can be found in stone age cave paintings.
A member of a football club (e.g. Detroit Lions, Brisbane Lions, British and Irish Lions) or other sports team.
A member of a service club (Lions Clubs International)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lion."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Lion was a 12-cylinder W-block inline aircraft engine built by Napier & Son starting in 1917, and ending in the 1930s. A number of advanced features made it the most powerful engine of its day, and kept it in production long after contemporary designs had stopped production. It is particularily well known for its use on a number of racing designs, both in aircraft and racing boats.Early in World War I, Napier were contracted to build aero engines from other companies designs: initially a Royal Aircraft Factory model and then Sunbeams. Both proved to be rather unreliable, and in 1916 Napier decided to design their own instead. Reasoning that the key design criteria were high power, light weight, and low frontal area, the engine was laid out with its 12 cylinders in what they called a "broad arrow" - three banks of four cylinders sharing a common crankcase. This suggested the designs first name, the Triple-Four. Today these designs, of which there were only a few, are referred to as a W-block. The engine was also advanced in form, using four valve heads with twin overhead camshafts, and a single block milled from aluminum instead of the more common separate-cylinder steel construction used on almost all other designs.
The newly-renamed Lion's design was completed in 1917, and the first hand-built prototypes ran late that year. It was fitted to a deHavilland D.H.9 in early 1918, proving to have many cooling problems. In addtion the milled block turned out to be difficult to build with any accuracy and they reverted to separate cylinders, although they remained aluminum. Both of these problems were worked out by the middle of the year and the engine entered production in June. The first Lion I versions delivered 450 horsepower from their 25 litres. It then took the crown of the most powerful engine from the Liberty L-12, the excellent US wartime design of 400hp.
As the most powerful engine available (particularly after a turbocharger became an option in 1922), the Lion went on to be a huge commercial success. Through the years between the wars the Lion was ubiquitous, and Napiers manufactured little else. They stopped making cars in 1925, and little thought was given to replacing their world-famous product. Between the wars it powered over 160 different types of aircraft.
In highly-tuned racing forms the engine could reach 1,300hp, and it broke a host of world records: height, air speed, and long distance in aircraft, water speed (delivering 1,375hp in a highly tuned Lion for 100 miles per hour in 1933) and even land speed: Lions powered many of Sir Malcom Campbell's record breakers (including over 250 MPH in 1932) and John Cobb's 394 MPH Railton in 1947 - a record that came well after the Lion had passed its prime and yet was to stand for 32 years. Lions powered successful entrants in the most prestigious event in air racing, the Schneider Cup, in 1922 and 1927, but were then dropped by Supermarine in favour of a new, especially designed for racing, engine from Rolls-Royce.
In the 1930s a new generation of much larger and more powerful engines started to appear, and the Lion was clearly past its prime. Gradually, they fell further and further behind. By the time the Bristol Hercules and the Rolls-Royce Merlin arrived in the late 1930s, the Lion was too small and old-fashioned.
In order to address this problem, Napier started the design of two new engines using the even more compact H-block layout. The 16-cylinder Rapier produced 400hp, the 24-cylinder Dagger delivered just under to 1000hp. However these were both smaller than contemporary designs from other companies, and Napier had to start fresh with a new sleeve valve design, which eventually matured into the superb Sabre.
Specifications
- Layout: twelve-cylinder, W-block, water-cooled inline
- Bore/Stroke/Displacement: 5.5"/5 1/8"/1462 cu in (25l)
- Compression ratio: (unknown)
- Power: 500hp at 2050 RPM
- Weight: 858lbs (290 kg)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Napier Lion."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LION | English | Lehman Investment Opportunity Note | Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: LionSynonyms: king of beasts (n), social lion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courage | Man, man of mettle; hero, demigod, Amazon, Hector; lion, tiger, panther, bulldog; fighting-cock; bully, fire eater. |
Bold, bold-spirited; daring, audacious; fearless, dauntless, dreadless, aweless; undaunted, unappalled, undismayed, unawed, unblanched, unabashed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unblanching, unapprehensive; confident, self-reliant; bold as a lion, bold as brass. | |
Bell the cat, take the bull by the horns, beard the lion in his den, march up to the cannon's mouth, go through fire and water, run the gantlet. | |
Cowardice | In face a lion but in heart a deer. |
Hindrance | Drawback, objection; stumbling-block, stumbling-stone; lion in the path, snag; snags and sawyers. |
Peace | Phrase: the storm blown over; the lion lies down with the lamb; "all quiet on the Potomac"; paritur pax bello; "peace hath her victories no less renowned than war"; "they make a desert and they call it peace". |
Prodigy | Noun: prodigy, phenomenon; wonder, wonderment; marvel, miracle; monster; (unconformity); curiosity, lion, sight, spectacle; jeu de theatre, coup de theatre; gazingstock; sign; St. Elmo's fire, St. Elmo's light; portent. |
Repute | Hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody; classman; man of rank; (nobleman); pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community. |
Resolution | Mastery over self; self control, self command, self possession, self reliance, self government, self restraint, self conquest, self denial; moral courage, moral strength; perseverance; a; tenacity; obstinacy; bulldog; British lion. |
Strength | Stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted; strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy; sound as a roach; in fine feather, in high feather;stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted; strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy; sound as a roach; in fine feather, in high feather; built like a brick shithouse; like a giant refreshed. |
Violence | Explode, make a row, kick up a row; boil, boil over; fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof; fly into a rage (anger). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Anyway, once upon a time, there was a big, mean lion who got a thorn in his paw. All the villagers tried to pull it out, but nobody was strong enough, so they got Hercules and he used his mighty strength, and bingo (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Remember, no matter what, it's better to be a live dog than a dead lion. (Something Wild; writing credit: E. Max Frye) So what are you supposed to be, a lion tamer (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; writing credit: George Lucas; Willard Huyck) When the lion invites the mouse to a disputation, your majesty, the mouse, however fond he may be of arguing, would do well to avoid the disputation if he can; for the poor mouse does not know which to fear most: losing the argument or winning it. (The Disputation; writing credit: Hyam Maccoby) The lion takes long strides but the path is worn smooth by pygmy armies (The Wind and the Lion; writing credit: John Milius) | |
Lyrics | In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight (The Lion Sleeps Tonight; performing artist: The Nylons) I wanna be a lion (Mr. Jones; performing artist: Counting Crows) The dandy lion sun scorch, (WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE?; performing artist: Paula Cole) I got a lion in my pocket ("1999"; performing artist: Prince) I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion ("Sixteen Tons"; performing artist: Tennessee Ernie Ford) | |
Clever | Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. (references; author: German Proverb) Equator: A menagerie lion running around the Earth through Africa. (references; author: unknown) An army of deer led by a lion is to be feared more than an army of lions led by a deer. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lion (2003) The Sensuous Lion Frasier (1973) Paper Lion (1968) Un lion nommé l'américain (1968) Androcles and the Lion (1967) | |
Song Titles | Lion Sleeps Tonight, The (performing artist: Robert John) Lion Sleeps Tonight, The (performing artist: Ladysmith Black Mombazo) Lion Sleeps Tonight, The (performing artist: The Nylons) The Lion Sleeps Tonight (performing artist: Robert John) The Lion Sleeps Tonight (performing artist: The Tokens) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Steller sea lion - Eumetopias jubatus. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | A steller sea lion lollygagging about on a warm Alaskan day. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pup caught on Amlia Island On board PIONEER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A bull sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) doesn't agree that Coast Surveyors should land on his rock. Waving flare in vain attempting to frighten him off Crew off of Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Stomach of a Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubata) used by Aleut natives for storing dried red salmon. F&WS B-50,242. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Sea lion killed by being entangled in net. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Hooded Nudibranch, Melibe leonina, is also called the Lion Nudibranch. This mollusk is almost transparent with a slight yellowish-green cast. Unlike other nudibranchs, Melibe have no radula and M. Leonina has no jaws. It uses its oral hood, lined with 2 rows of tentacles to capture prey. Found in offshore kelpbeds and eelgrass meadows. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Sea lion rises to bark at a research vessel. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Radiata lion - Pterois radiata. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | A California Sea Lion. Credit: Sanctuaries. |
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| "Lion" by Joanna Kopik Commentary: "A closeup of a stone lion." | "Pitoresque Lion" by Ralph Spegel Commentary: "Pitoresque Sculpted Lion." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | Lion roar, growl, and elephant trumpet. | | Lion growling. |
| Sea lion barking. | | Mountain lion roaring. |
| Lion growling. | | Lion roar. |
| Lion growling. | | Sea lion barking. |
| Lion snarling. | | Sea lion bark. |
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn | For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion. |
Anonymous Miscellaneous | Death is afraid of him because he has the heart of a lion. |
Charles Maurice Talleyrand | I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep. |
George Herbert | The lion is not so fierce as they paint him. |
German Proverb | Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. |
John Dryden | Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail. |
Sister Kenney | It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. |
William Blake | One law for the Lion & Ox is Oppression. |
William Shakespeare | That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Another set, ranging from the lion to the mouse, are quadrupeds |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He saw in the horizon, through the trees, a sort of hillock and on this hillock something which, in the distance, resembled a lion. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | A living dog is better than a dead lion. |
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Business | Of the above listed SCAA investments, the lion share will go to Arlanda. (references) | |
Local brewers Carlton United, Lion Nathan, J. Boag, and Coopers all have brands among the ten top-selling premium beers in Australia. (references) | ||
While the SCAA group of airports makes up the lion part of all air travel in Sweden, it is the municipal airports that are the most numerous. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Singapore | However, new regulations effective in March exempted some cultural events (such as Chinese operas or lion dances) from obtaining permits, substituting a requirement for 7 days advance notification to police. (references) |
Economic History | Indonesia | The old players: Garuda Indonesia, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Bouraq Airlines, Mandala Airlines and Dirgantara Air Services will compete with new comers such as Bayu Indonesia Airlines, Lion Mentari Airlines, Pelita Air Services, Awair International, Air Mark Indonesia, Star Air, Kartika Airlines, Deraya and Jatayu Gelang Sejahtera. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Ocean Energy's Lion and Panther gas fields officially came into production in 1995 and the Apache/Bouygues (French) Foxtrot field (1.15 mn cubic meters/day building to 1.4 mn cubic meters/day in 2001) came on line in December 1998. A Straddle plant for the Lion gas field production came on line in late 1998 with the possibility of producing about 25,000 mt/year of LPG. The gas supplied by both companies currently goes mainly to power electrical generating plants in Côte d'Ivoire. (references) | |
Minorities | Czech Republic | A number of cases from previous years were ongoing, including the cases of a man charged with defamation of a nation or race and with rioting for attacking two Roma men at a disco while shouting racial slurs; three 17-year-old members of a previously unknown group, Czech Lion (Cesky Lev) charged with a racially motivated attack for a series of attacks on Roma and Romani homes in Rokycany in July 2000; and the leader of a large, well-organized skinhead movement with ties to the United Kingdom, Sweden, Hungary, and Slovenia charged with dissemination of fascist propaganda. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can to arrest its growth, stiffen its flexibility and mechanize its methods. For your lexicographer, having written his dictionary, comes to be considered "as one having authority," whereas his function is only to make a record, not to give a law. The natural servility of the human understanding having invested him with judicial power, surrenders its right of reason and submits itself to a chronicle as if it were a statue. Let the dictionary (for example) mark a good word as "obsolete" or "obsolescent" and few men thereafter venture to use it, whatever their need of it and however desirable its restoration to favor -- whereby the process of improverishment is accelerated and speech decays. On the contrary, recognizing the truth that language must grow by innovation if it grow at all, makes new words and uses the old in an unfamiliar sense, has no following and is tartly reminded that "it isn't in the dictionary" -- although down to the time of the first lexicographer (Heaven forgive him!) no author ever had used a word that was in the dictionary. In the golden prime and high noon of English speech; when from the lips of the great Elizabethans fell words that made their own meaning and carried it in their very sound; when a Shakespeare and a Bacon were possible, and the language now rapidly perishing at one end and slowly renewed at the other was in vigorous growth and hardy preservation -- sweeter than honey and stronger than a lion -- the lexicographer was a person unknown, the dictionary a creation which his Creator had not created him to create. God said: "Let Spirit perish into Form," And lexicographers arose, a swarm! Thought fled and left her clothing, which they took, And catalogued each garment in a book. Now, from her leafy covert when she cries: "Give me my clothes and I'll return," they rise And scan the list, and say without compassion: "Excuse us -- they are mostly out of fashion." Sigismund Smith |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.48% of the time. "Lion" is used about 1,026 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.48% | 959 | 7,593 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.33% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.1% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.1% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,026 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "lion" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lion | Last name | 400 | 21,435 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "lion". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ariel | N/A | Biblical | Light or lion of God |
| Arimathea | N/A | Biblical | A lion dead to the Lord |
| Laish | N/A | Biblical | A lion |
| Ariella | N/A | English | Light or lion of God |
| Arielle | N/A | English | Light or lion of God |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | LION bioscience AG | Indonesia | Lion Metal Works Tbk Pt. |
| Japan | Lion Corporation | Malaysia | Lion Corporation Berhad |
| New Zealand | Lion Nathan Limited | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "lion": American lion ♦ ant lion ♦ aphid lion ♦ Aphis lion ♦ australian sea lion ♦ beard the lion in his den ♦ bold as a lion ♦ British lion ♦ California sea lion ♦ Cave lion ♦ in face a lion but in heart a deer ♦ Leo the Lion ♦ Lion ant ♦ lion cub ♦ Lion dog ♦ lion food ♦ Lion lizard ♦ lion marmoset ♦ lion monkey ♦ lion of god ♦ Lion of Lucerne ♦ Lion of St Mark ♦ Lion of the North ♦ lion rampant ♦ lion share ♦ lion tamer ♦ make a lion of ♦ maneless lion ♦ marsupial lion ♦ mountain lion ♦ nemean lion ♦ Red Lion ♦ Richard Coeur de Lion ♦ sea lion ♦ social lion ♦ South American sea lion ♦ steller sea lion ♦ Steller's sea lion ♦ the lion lies down with the lamb ♦ young lion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lion": lion-body, Lion-cachet, lion-coloured, lion-cubs, lion-fish, lion-goddesses, lion-gold, lion-head, lion-headed, Lion-heart, Lion-hearted, lion-hunt, lion-hunter, lion-hunting, lion-infested, lion-jaw forceps, lion-like, lion-masked, lion-mouth, lion-neck, lion-surmounted, lion-tailed baboon, lion-tamer, lion-tamers, lion-watchers. | |
Ending with "lion": sea-lion. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lion | 9,144 | red lion hotel | 485 |
lion king | 8,995 | red lion inn | 472 |
lion figurine | 3,428 | white lion | 468 |
stuffed lion | 3,390 | lion shirt | 449 |
lion statue | 3,009 | red lion | 448 |
lion t shirt | 2,815 | lion den | 425 |
mountain lion | 2,010 | lion king on broadway | 387 |
toy lion | 1,993 | lion tattoo | 332 |
lion collectible | 1,756 | bc lion | 312 |
detroit lion | 1,645 | chicago king lion | 288 |
sea lion | 1,182 | the lion the witch the wardrobe | 265 |
african lion | 1,160 | pedro the lion | 232 |
lion king ticket | 1,068 | lion king picture | 213 |
food lion | 949 | lion animal | 207 |
mountain lion t shirt | 879 | the lion king musical | 204 |
lion picture | 739 | lion brand yarn | 202 |
african lion safari | 677 | the lion sleep tonight | 193 |
lion king toronto | 624 | lion of judah | 187 |
disney lion king | 619 | lion country safari | 182 |
lion club | 570 | lion pride | 163 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | leeu. (various references) | |
Albanian | luan. (various references) | |
Arabic | قشعم, ضرغام, الأسد (leo), الشعار الوطني البريطاني, أسد حيوان. (various references) | |
Asturian | llion. (various references) | |
Basque | lehoi. (various references) | |
Bemba | inkalamo. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | знаменитост (celebrity, light, name, notability, notoriety, personality, prominence, star, worthy), лъв. (various references) | |
Catalan | lleó. (various references) | |
Cebuano | liyon. (various references) | |
Chamorro | lión. (various references) | |
Chinese | 猊 (cataract of the eye, error, having poor eyesight), 獅子 , 獅 , 狮子 (lions). (various references) | |
Cornish | lew. (various references) | |
Czech | lev. (various references) | |
Danish | løve. (various references) | |
Dutch | leeuw (Leo). (various references) | |
Esperanto | leono. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ljón, leyva, leyra. (various references) | |
Farsi | هژبر, شیرنر, شیر (Milk, Sop). (various references) | |
Finnish | leijona (lioness). (various references) | |
French | lion (Lion/the). (various references) | |
Frisian | liuw. (various references) | |
German | Löwe (leo). (various references) | |
Greek | λιοντάρι. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | luan. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אריה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | oroszlán (Daphne). (various references) | |
Icelandic | ljón. (various references) | |
Indonesian | singa. (various references) | |
Irish | leon. (various references) | |
Italian | leone (Leo, Lion/the). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 百獣の王 (king of beasts), 獅子 , ラー油 (cross between a lion and a tiger, curry and rice, Leica, liability, license, lie, liger, like, Lions Club, raayu, rice, rice cake, rice paper, rising generation), 唐獅子 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ライオン , しし (corpse, extremities, heir, historical poem, limbs, market storehouse, patriot, public-spirited person, relying on someone as one's teacher, store), ひゃくじゅうのおう (king of beasts), からしし, からじし. (various references) | |
Kongo | nkosi. (various references) | |
Korean | 사자 (lions). (various references) | |
Lombard | leon. (various references) | |
Macedonian | lav. (various references) | |
Malay | singa. (various references) | |
Manx | leion. (various references) | |
Maori | raiona. (various references) | |
Norwegian | løve. (various references) | |
Occitan | leon. (various references) | |
Papago | mawith. (various references) | |
Papiamen | leon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ionlay.(various references) | |
Polish | lew. (various references) | |
Portuguese | leão (leo). (various references) | |
Provencal | leon. (various references) | |
Romanian | leu. (various references) | |
Romany | sinhày. (various references) | |
Ruanda | intare. (various references) | |
Russian | лев (leo). (various references) | |
Samoan | liona. (various references) | |
Scottish | leóghann. (various references) | |
Sepedi | tau. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lav (leo), velika britanija (great britain). (various references) | |
Shona | shumba. (various references) | |
Spanish | león (León, puma). (various references) | |
Sranan | tigri (cougar, jaguar, mountain lion, puma), reditigri (cougar, mountain lion, puma). (various references) | |
Swahili | simba. (various references) | |
Swazi | lí-bhubêsi. (various references) | |
Swedish | lejon (rock-hewn). (various references) | |
Thai | ชายที่แข็งแรงและกล้าหาญ, บุคคลสำคัญ (figure), สิงโต. (various references) | |
Turkish | aslan (brave man, king of beasts). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яolbars, arslan. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | лев. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật quý (asset, curiosity, jewel, treasure), vật lạ, vật hiếm người nổi danh, vật chướng ngại tưởng tượng phần lớn nhất, người tai mắt, người có tiếng. (various references) | |
Welsh | llew. (various references) | |
Yucatec | koh (beak, bill, cougar, mountain lion, puma, tooth). (various references) | |
Zulu | ilibhubesi, ibhubesi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ug, ur-mah. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | leo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 30 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | SkumnoV leontoV iscuroteroV kthnwn oV ouk apostrefetai oude katapthssei kthnoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Leo fortissimus bestiarum ad nullius pavebit occursum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A leoun, most strong of bestes, at `ayen coomyng of noon shal dreden; a cok gyrd vp the leendis, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A lion, which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 30 |
| Cebuano | Ang leon, nga maoy labing gamhanan taliwala sa tanang mga mananap, Ug dili motalikod tungod sa bisan unsa man; |
| Croatian | lav, junak meðu zvijerima, koji ni pred kim ne uzmièe; |
| Danish | Løven, Kongen blandt Dyrene, som ikke viger for nogen; |
| Dutch | De oude leeuw geweldig onder de gedierten, die voor niemand zal wederkeren; |
| Finnish | leijona, sankari eläinten joukossa, joka ei vääjää ketään, |
| French | Le lion, le héros des animaux, Ne reculant devant qui que ce soit; |
| German | der Löwe, mächtig unter den Tieren und kehrt nicht um vor jemand; |
| Hungarian | Az oroszlán, a hõs a vadak között, mely el nem fut senki elõl; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Singa, binatang terkuat di antara segala binatang dan tidak gentar terhadap apa saja; |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Yaitu singa yang terlebih gagah dari pada segala binatang dan tiada ia mau balik dari sebab barang sesuatu; |
| Maori | Ko te raiona, ko te mea kaha rawa o nga kararehe, e kore nei e tahuri mai i te aroaro o tetahi; |
| Norwegian | Løven, som er en helt blandt dyrene, og som ikke vender om for nogen, |
| Portuguese | o leão, que é o mais forte entre os animais, e que não se desvia diante de ninguém; |
| Rumanian | leul, viteazul dobitoacelor, care nu se dq knapoi dinaintea nimqnui, |
| Russian | МЕЧ, УЙМБЮ НЕЦДХ ЪЧЕТСНЙ, ОЕ РПУФПТПОЙФУС ОЙ РЕТЕД ЛЕН; |
| Swedish | lejonet, hjälten bland djuren, som ej viker tillbaka för någon, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lion": lioness, lionesses, lionfish, lionfishes, lionhearted, lionise, lionised, lioniser, lionisers, lionises, lionising, lionization, lionizations, lionize, lionized, lionizer, lionizers, lionizes, lionizing, lionlike, lions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lion": anthelion, antlion, aphelion, battalion, billion, bullion, centillion, cotillion, cullion, dandelion, decillion, duodecillion, ganglion, gazillion, hellion, jillion, medallion, million, modillion, mullion, multibillion, multimillion, multitrillion, nonillion, novemdecillion, octillion, octodecillion, parhelion, pavilion, perihelion, pillion, postilion, postillion, quadrillion, quattuordecillion, quindecillion, quintillion, rapscallion, rebellion, scallion, scullion, septendecillion, septillion, sexdecillion, sextillion, slumgullion, solion, stallion, talion, tatterdemalion, tourbillion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lion": anthelions, antlions, aphelions, battalions, billionaire, billionaires, billions, billionth, billionths, bullions, centillions, cotillions, cullions, dandelions, decillions, duodecillions, ganglionated, ganglionic, ganglions, gazillions, hellions, jillions, medallions, millionaire, millionaires, millionairess, millionairesses, millionfold, millions, millionth, millionths, modillions, mullioned, mullioning, mullions, multibillionaire, multibillionaires, multibillions, multimillionaire, multimillionaires, multimillions, multitrillions, nonillions, novemdecillions, octillions, octodecillions, papilionaceous, pavilioned, pavilioning, pavilions, pillions. (additional references) | |
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"Lion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aion, elixon, ilan, ilon, iltn, ilwiiin, kihon, kion, labon, Laidon, Lano, laon, lapon, laun, Laxon, layon, Leacon, leano, len, lenoi, leong, Leun, levon, Lexon, lfio, lian, libn, licn, Licona, lifn, lign, ligon, lihn, liin, lijn, likn, liln, lilon, Linom, linot, lio, liocn, Liod, liog, Lioh, liol, Lione, liono, Liony, lior, liou, Liozno, lipo, lipon, liqo, lirn, Liron, lisn, lisone, Lisov, liton, lixo, lizo, loi, loil, loina, loind, loine, loing, loino, loint, Loloni, lon, loni, luio, luno, luon, luonn, Luxon, lyo, lyonn, Lyton, olion, Pliun, tion, uion, vion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lion" (pronounced lī"un) |
| 3 | -ī" u n | ion, mayan, scion. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lino, loin, noil. | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-n-o" | |
-1 letter: ion, lin, nil, oil. | |
-2 letters: in, li, lo, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-n-o" | |
+1 letter: aloin, colin, eloin, indol, lingo, linos, lions, loins, nicol, noils, noily, olein. | |
+2 letters: albino, alnico, aloins, billon, cineol, clonic, codlin, colins, coloni, doling, eloign, eloins, enolic, entoil, eolian, florin, globin, goblin, holing, indole, indols, inflow, infold, insole, insoul, kaolin, ladino, latino, legion, lesion, lintol, logion, lomein, looing, loping, losing, lotion, loving, lowing, loxing, moline, moulin, neroli, nicols, niello, nosily, ogling, oilcan, oiling, oilman, oilmen, olefin, oleine, oleins, online, pinole, poling, pontil, poplin, quinol, soling, solion, talion, tiglon, toling, tonsil, uncoil, violin, voling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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