Legion

//ˈliː.d͡ʒən//

Synonyms for "legion" (134 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (27)

host combat team horde a mass of a world of armed force armed service army army group array battalion battery battle group bevy brigade bunch cadre career soldiers cloud cluster

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clutter cohort cohue column combat command company

Noun(1 words)

host

Strong matches (40)

Related words (67)

mob muchness multifarious multiply multitude nest numbers numerous occupation force organization outfit pack panoply paratroops phalanx platoon plurality populous posse press

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Noun(4 words)

multitude sea slew throng

Adjective(2 words)

multitudinous numerous

Adjective(1 words)

numerous

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

11 entries

army association concourse force ground forces military force military group military unit multitude regular army throng

Synonyms

3 entries

horde host numerous

Related terms

2 entries

legionary legionnaire

coordinate

17 entries

army army group battalion brigade brigade combat team combat team company corps division fireteam platoon regiment regimental combat team section squad troop

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derived

9 entries

Legionella Legionnaire Legionnaires' disease foreign legion infralegion legionry sublegion superlegion

etymologically related_to

2 entries

lecture legend

has context

4 entries

ancient rome military taxonomy us

is a

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association military unit

meronym

3 entries

century cohort maniple

related to

22 entries

army artillery association cavalry class combined arms great infantry legionary legionnaire military militia multitude number numerous order

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similar

3 entries

combat team fireteam many

Translations

75 translations across 59 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

legioen noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Albanian

1 entries

legjion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Ancient Greek

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λεγεών noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Arabic

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فَيْلَق noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Aramaic

2 entries

לגיונא noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
ܠܓܝܘܢܐ noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Armenian

1 entries

լեգեոն noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Azerbaijani

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legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Belarusian

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легіён noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Bulgarian

1 entries

легио́н noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Catalan

1 entries

legió noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

兵團 /兵团 noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
古羅馬軍團 /古罗马军团 noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
軍團 /军团 noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Czech

1 entries

legie noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Danish

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legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Dutch

2 entries

legio adj (numerous)
legioen noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Esperanto

1 entries

legio noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Estonian

1 entries

leegion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Finnish

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legioona noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

French

1 entries

légion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Georgian

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ლეგიონი noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

German

2 entries

Legion adj (numerous)
Legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Greek

1 entries

λεγεώνα noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Hebrew

1 entries

לִגְיוֹן noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Hindi

1 entries

लीजन noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Hungarian

1 entries

légió noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Ido

2 entries

legionala adj (numerous)
legiono noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Indonesian

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legiun noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Interlingua

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legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Iranian Persian

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لژیون noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Irish

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léigiún noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Italian

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legione noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Japanese

3 entries

レギオン noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
軍団 noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
部隊 noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Korean

2 entries

군단 noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
부대 noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Latin

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legiō noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Latvian

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leģions noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Lithuanian

1 entries

legionas noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Macedonian

1 entries

легија noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Maltese

1 entries

leġjun noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Mongolian

1 entries

легион noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Polish

2 entries

legion adj (numerous)
legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Portuguese

3 entries

inúmeros adj (numerous)
muitos adj (numerous)
legião noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Romanian

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legiune noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Russian

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легио́н noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

lȇgija noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
ле̑гија noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Slovak

1 entries

légia noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Slovene

1 entries

legija noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Spanish

1 entries

legión noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Swedish

2 entries

legio adj (numerous)
legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Turkish

1 entries

lejyon noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Ukrainian

1 entries

легіо́н noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Urdu

1 entries

لِیجَن noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Uzbek

2 entries

legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Vietnamese

1 entries

binh đoàn noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Volapük

1 entries

legion noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

West-Frisian

1 entries

legioen noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Yiddish

1 entries

לעגיאָן noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Zazaki

2 entries

lejkar noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
lejyon noun (the major unit or division of the Roman army)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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My name is Legion; for we are many.

Source: tatoeba (800073)

We exorcise you, every unclean spirit, every satanic power, every incursion of the infernal adversary, every legion, every congregation and diabolical sect.

Source: tatoeba (1444724)

He enlisted in the Foreign Legion.

Source: tatoeba (2258339)

Their name is Legion.

Source: tatoeba (8641161)

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