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Lyon

[ lahy-uhn French lyawn ]

noun

  1. Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.


Lyon

/ ɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in SE central France, capital of Rhône department, at the confluence of the Rivers Rhône and Saône: the third largest city in France; a major industrial centre and river port. Pop: 445 452 (1999) English nameLyonsˈlaɪənz Ancient nameLugdunumlʊɡˈduːnəm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Lyon

  1. Also Lyons ; a city in east-central France on the Rhone River .
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Notes

It was the capital of the Free French Resistance movement in World War II .
Lyon is the principal producer of silk and rayon in Europe .
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The England international won three consecutive Champions League titles with Lyon before helping Barcelona to back-to-back successes in the competition.

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The Frenchwoman lifted the trophy as a player and manager with Lyon and is the only coach to have defeated Barcelona over a tie in the competition in the past four years.

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For Arsenal and Lyon, Saturday's meeting in north London will be comfortably their biggest game of the season to date.

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Lyon's players celebrated Lacazette's effort 11 minutes from time by running towards the away end, at the other end of the pitch to where the penalty was taken.

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It was against that backdrop Onana made a catastrophic mistake for Lyon's opening goal in the 2-2 draw, then erred for the injury-time equaliser, the negativity for that heightened massively by the first inexplicable blunder.

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