Lyon (disambiguation)

Lyon is a city in France.

Lyon may also refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

• Lyon, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, a location in the U.K.
• Loch Lyon, a lake in Scotland

United States

• Lyon, Mississippi
• Lyon, Missouri
• Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas
• Lyon County (disambiguation)
• Lyon Mountain (disambiguation)
• Lyon Township (disambiguation)
• Lyon Village, Arlington, Virginia, a neighborhood
• Fort Lyon (disambiguation)

People

• Lyon (surname)

Ancestry and heraldry

• Lyon Court, the institution that regulates heraldry in Scotland
• Lord Lyon King of Arms, head of Lyon Court, a Scottish heraldic official
• Clan Lyon, Scottish clan associated with the lands of Glen Lyon in Perthshire, Scotland

Arts and entertainment

• Lyon, the main antagonist in the video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
• Lyon, a major character in the video game Suikoden V
• Lyon School, a style of painting that flourished around 1800
• Merriman Lyon, a main character in Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising book series
• Lyon, an S-Type guitar manufactured by Washburn Guitars

Business

• Lyon's, a chain of restaurants headquartered in the US state of California
• J. Lyons and Co., a chain of restaurants in England
• Lyon & Healy, US company which manufactured harps
• Lyon & Lyon, a US legal company

Religion

• Council of Lyon, two 13th century ecclesiastical councils held in Lyon, France
  • First Council of Lyon (1245), regarding the Crusades
  • Second Council of Lyon (1274), regarding papal election procedures

Science

• Lyon hypothesis, see X-inactivation
• 9381 Lyon, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1993

Sports

• Olympique Lyonnais, a men's football club based in Lyon
• Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, a women's football club based in Lyon

Naval vessels

• Lyon-class battleship, a proposed fleet of 4 battleships for the French Navy (1914)
• American steamship General Lyon (1864), a US steamship
• USS General Lyon (1860), a US warship in US Civil War
• USS Lyon (AP-71), a US warship of World War II

See also

• Lyons (disambiguation)
• Lion (disambiguation)
• Lyonnaise (disambiguation)
• Justice Lyon (disambiguation)