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Lyonnais

Lyonnais

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A region around the city of Lyon in east central France
  • noun
: Lyonnais
  • Crédit Lyonnais

Examples

  • The Olympique Lyonnais shirt sponsor issue is more complicated.

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  • Olympique Lyonnais took the trophy and was declared the champions for the first title of the season.

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  • It had been the Lyonnais schoolmaster who had first put the idea into his head.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Being a Lyonnais who has lived in Paris, there is another difference you should discover, and it explains why Lyon is so calm on a Sunday: the typical countryside (like Beaujolais) and the mountains (Alps) are really close.

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  • "As all of you know, the Trophee Des Champions came to Red Bull Arena this past July as the French Ligue 1 winners Montpellier faced the Coupe de France winners Olympique Lyonnais.

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  • The Lyonnais landscape is characterized by its beautiful hills and rivers.

  • People from the former province of Lyonnais take pride in their local heritage.

  • Lyonnais is known for its rich culinary traditions and vibrant cultural scene.

Surface Forms

Lyonnais singular
Lyonnaises plural

Etymology

Lyonnais comes from the city Lyon plus the French ending -nais, which means 'from' or 'of'. So Lyonnais names the people or the area 'from Lyon', which is why it refers to the region around the city and its local culture.