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León is a Spanish surname. A habitational name from León, a city in northwestern Spain, named with Latin ''legio'', genitive ''legionis'' ‘legion’, a division of the Roman army. In Roman times the city was the garrison of the 7th Legion, known as the ''Legio Gemina''. The city’s name became reduced from ''Legion(em)'' to ''Leon(em)'', and in this form developed an unetymological association with the word for ‘lion’, Spanish ''león''. In Spanish it is also a nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from ''león'' ‘lion’. Leon is also found as a Greek family name from Greek ''leon'' ‘lion’.〔http://www.ancestry.com/facts/leon-family-history.ashx〕 People with the surname León or Leon include: * Adrianne León, American actress * Francis Leon (born 1844), American actor * Léonie Léon (1838–1906), French mistress * Pedro Pablo León (born 1943), Peruvian footballer * Pierre Leon (1837-1915), American sailor * Tony Leon (born 1956), South African politician * Tony Leon (American football) ==See also== *De Leon *Liang (surname), a Chinese surname sometimes romanized as "Leon" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leon (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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