legión

See also: legion, Legion, and légion

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legiōnem. Doublet of León, a place name that was the inherited form of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈxjon/ [leˈxjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: le‧gión

Noun

legión f (plural legiones)

1. legion

Further reading

• “legión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28