legion

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• lē′jən
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• Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈliː.d͡ʒən/
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• Canada, General-American, Scotland: /ˈli.d͡ʒən/
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• rhymes with -iːdʒən
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• CMU ARPABET: L IY1 JH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legō (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture. Doublet of León, which was borrowed from Spanish. Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to an allusive phrase in Mark 5:9, "My name is Legion, for we are many".

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: legio — numerous
• German: Legion — numerous
• Ido: legionala — numerous
• Polish: legion — numerous
• Portuguese: muitos — numerous
• Portuguese: inúmeros — numerous
• Swedish: legio — numerous
• Afrikaans: legioen — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Albanian: legjion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Arabic: فَيْلَق (faylaq) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Aramaic: לגיונא (legyūnā’, legyūno’) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Aramaic: ܠܓܝܘܢܐ (legyūnā’, legyūno’) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Armenian: լեգեոն (legeon) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Azerbaijani: legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Belarusian: легіён (ljehijón) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Bulgarian: легио́н (legión) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Catalan: legió — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Chinese Mandarin: 軍團 /军团 (jūntuán) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Chinese Mandarin: 古羅馬軍團 /古罗马军团 (Gǔ Luómǎ jūntuán) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Chinese Mandarin: 兵團 /兵团 (bīngtuán) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ (legeōn) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Czech: legie — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Danish: legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Dutch: legioen — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Esperanto: legio — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Estonian: leegion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Finnish: legioona — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• French: légion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• West-Frisian: legioen — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Georgian: ლეგიონი (legioni) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• German: Legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Greek: λεγεώνα (legeóna) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Ancient Greek: λεγεών (legeṓn) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Hebrew: לִגְיוֹן (ligyón) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Hindi: लीजन (lījan) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Hungarian: légió — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Ido: legiono — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Indonesian: legiun — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Interlingua: legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Irish: léigiún — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Italian: legione — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Japanese: レギオン — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Japanese: 軍団 (gundan) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Japanese: 部隊 (butai) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Korean: 군단 (gundan) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Korean: 부대 (budae) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Latin: legiō — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Latvian: leģions — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Lithuanian: legionas — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Macedonian: легија (legija) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Maltese: leġjun — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Mongolian: легион (legion) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Norwegian Bokmål: legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Norwegian Nynorsk: legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Iranian Persian: لژیون (ležiyon) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Polish: legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Portuguese: legião — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Romanian: legiune — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Russian: легио́н (legión) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Serbo-Croatian: ле̑гија — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Serbo-Croatian: lȇgija — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Slovak: légia — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Slovene: legija — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Spanish: legión — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Swedish: legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Turkish: lejyon — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Ukrainian: легіо́н (lehión) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Urdu: لِیجَن (lījan) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Uzbek: legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Vietnamese: binh đoàn — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Volapük: legion — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Yiddish: לעגיאָן (legyon) — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Zazaki: lejyon — the major unit or division of the Roman army
• Zazaki: lejkar — the major unit or division of the Roman army