When.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: lion family clip art

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Lion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion

    The English word lion is derived via Anglo-Norman liun from Latin leōnem (nominative: leō), which in turn was a borrowing from Ancient Greek λέων léōn. The Hebrew word לָבִיא lavi may also be related. [4] The generic name Panthera is traceable to the classical Latin word 'panthēra' and the ancient Greek word πάνθηρ 'panther ...

  3. Lion (heraldry) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)

    Lion Leopardé ... is a French term for what the English call a Lion passant gardant. The word leopard is always made use of by the French heralds to express in their language, a lion full-faced, or gardant. Thus, when a lion is placed on an escutcheon in that attitude which we call rampant gardant, the French blazon it a Lion Leopardé.

  4. Lion Monument - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Monument

    The Lion Monument (German: Löwendenkmal), or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were killed in 1792 during the French Revolution , when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris .

  5. File:Lion Passant Guardant.svg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_Passant_Guardant.svg

    You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

  6. Cultural depictions of lions - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_lions

    The word aslan is Turkish for lion. The lion is also the symbol for Gryffindor house, the house of bravery, in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back is a 1963 children's book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. Lions also tend to appear in several children's stories, being depicted as "the king of the ...

  7. American lion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_lion

    The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.

  8. National symbols of Luxembourg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_Luxembourg

    The national flag The Gëlle Fra national monument. The civil ensign, depicting the red lion. The national grandes armoires. The national bird: the Goldcrest. There are a number of national symbols of Luxembourg, representing Luxembourg or its people in either official or unofficial capacities.

  9. Coat of arms of Norway - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Norway

    A lion is shown on the coat of arms in the seal of Earl Skule Bårdsson, dated 1225, [4] who had relations to the royal family. Haakon Haakonson the Old had a lion in his seal, shown as lying between the feet of the seated king. [5] A royal coat of arms with a lion is finally seen on the seal of Haakon Haakonson the Young, dated 1250. [5]