León

León (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: León); León (a city in Castile and León, Spain); León (a department of Nicaragua); a city in Mexico; a habitational surname

Inherited from Latin legiōnem. The places in Spain are named after the Roman legion that settled them, the Legio VII Gemina. Doublet of legión, which was a learned borrowing. Unrelated to león.

a male given name, equivalent to English Leon; a surname originating as a patronymic

From Latin Leone, ablative of Leo, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).