Lions

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Sri Lanka national cricket team.
 * 2)  any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".
 * 1)  any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".
 * 1)  any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".

Etymology
First attested as leonghem in the 13th century. Borrowed from, derived in turn from a compound of suffixed with the collectivising suffix  and. The element disappeared with time.

Proper noun

 * 1) The