legion

Etymology
Attested (in, as ) around 1200, from , from , , from ; akin to ,. , 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" (KJV).

Adjective

 * 1) Numerous; vast; very great in number

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: legio
 * German:
 * Ido: legionala
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
 * 2)  A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery, including historical units such as the, and present-day units such as the  and the.
 * 3)  A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
 * 4)  A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the.
 * 5) A large number of people; a multitude.
 * 6)  A great number.
 * 7)  A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
 * 1)  A great number.
 * 2)  A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
 * 1)  A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
 * 1)  A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
 * 1)  A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.

Coordinate terms

 * ,, , , , , , , , , , , , army group

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: فَيْلَق
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: לגיונא
 * Syriac: ܠܓܝܘܢܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: legion
 * Belarusian: легіён
 * Bulgarian: легио́н
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 古羅馬軍團,
 * Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ
 * Czech:
 * Danish: legion
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: legio
 * Estonian: leegion
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ლეგიონი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λεγεών
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: लीजन
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: léigiún
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: レギオン, ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: legiō
 * Latvian: leģions
 * Lithuanian: legionas
 * Macedonian: легија
 * Maltese: leġjun
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: legion
 * Nynorsk: legion
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ле̑гија
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: légia
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: легіо́н
 * Urdu: لِیجَن
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * West Frisian: legioen
 * Yiddish: לעגיאָן
 * Zazaki: lejyon, lejkar

Verb

 * 1)  To form into legions.

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