Lyon·nesse (lī′ə nes′)
noun
Arthurian Legend a region in SW England, apparently near Cornwall, supposed to have sunk beneath the sea
Etymology: OFr Leonois, earlier Loonois, ult., after ? Lothian, former division of Scotland
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