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Lyonnesse definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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