Lyonnesse

[ lahy-uh-nes ]

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noun

Arthurian Legend. the mythical region where Sir Tristram was born, located near Cornwall in SW England and supposed to have been submerged by the sea.

Lyonnesse

/ ˌlaɪəˈnɛs /

(in Arthurian legend) the mythical birthplace of Sir Tristram, situated in SW England and believed to have been submerged by the sea

Lyonnesse is the scene of many incidents in the Arthurian romances, and especially in the romances of Tristram and Iseult.

It was the same back I had seen, in the same haste, leaving the Lyonnesse Club less than two hours ago.

"Well—the portrait for the Lyonnesse Club's getting along very nicely, George," she laughed.

The earliest records speak of them as occupying the Lyonnesse country, which is now under the sea beyond Land's End.

They drove the traitors back until they came at length to Lyonnesse by the sea.

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