The lion is a big cat of the species ''Panthera leo'' that inhabits the African continent and one forest in India. Lion or Lions may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

*Lion (2014 film), ''Lion'' (2014 film), a British film directed by Simon P. Edwards *Lion (2015 film), ''Lion'' (2015 film), an Indian Telugu film directed by Satyadev *Lion (2016 film), ''Lion'' (2016 film), an Australian film directed by Garth Davis

Music

Groups

*Lion (band), 1980s American rock band *Lion, Taiwanese rock band formed in 2016 by Jam Hsiao *Lions (band), American rock band from Texas formed in 2005 *The Lions (band), L.A. reggae band

Albums

*Lion (Elevation Worship album), ''Lion'' (Elevation Worship album), 2022 *Lion (The Hot Monkey album), ''Lion'' (The Hot Monkey album), 1989 *Lion (Stephen Lynch album), ''Lion'' (Stephen Lynch album), 2012 *Lion (Peter Murphy album), ''Lion'' (Peter Murphy album), 2014 *Lion (Punchline album), ''Lion'' (Punchline album), 2018 *Lion (Marius Neset album), ''Lion'' (Marius Neset album) *Lions (album), ''Lions'' (album), a 2001 album by The Black Crowes

Songs

*Lion ((G)I-dle song), "Lion" ((G)I-dle song), a song by (G)I-DLE from ''Queendom Final Comeback'' *Lion (Elevation Worship song), "Lion" (Elevation Worship song), a song by Elevation Worship featuring Chris Brown and Brandon Lake, 2022 *"Lion", a List of Macross Frontier albums#Lion, Macross Frontier song *"Lion", a song by Hollywood Undead from their album ''Notes from the Underground (Hollywood Undead album), Notes from the Underground'', 2013 *"Lion", a song by Toto from ''Isolation (Toto album)'' *"Lions", from the 1978 Dire Straits album ''Dire Straits (album), Dire Straits'' *"Lions", from the 1984 Tones on Tail album ''Pop (Tones on Tail album), Pop'' *"Lions", from the 2008 The Features album ''Some Kind of Salvation'' *"Lions", from the 2009 Tune-Yards album ''Bird-Brains'' *"Lions!', from the 2009 Lights album ''The Listening (Lights album), The Listening'' *"Lions", from the 2011 Nothing Til Blood album ''When Lambs Become Lions'' *"Lions", from the 2012 Walk the Moon album ''Walk the Moon (album), Walk the Moon'' *"Lions", from the 2013 Adema album ''Topple the Giants'' *"Lions", from the 2014 William Fitzsimmons (musician), William Fitzsimmons album ''Lions'' *"Lions", from the 2015 Ben Haenow album ''Ben Haenow (album), Ben Haenow'' *"Lions", from the 2016 Coasts album ''Coasts (album), Coasts'' *"Lions", from the 2016 Skillet album ''Unleashed (Skillet album), Unleashed'' *"Lions", from the 2017 Chase Rice album ''Lambs & Lions'' *"Lions', by Skip Marley, 2017 *"Lions", from the 2019 Jenny Hval album ''The Practice of Love (album), The Practice of Love'' *"Lions", from the 2018 Leon Bridges album ''Good Thing (Leon Bridges album), Good Thing''

Publications

*Lion (comics), ''Lion'' (comics), a weekly British comic published from 1952 to 1974 * The Lion (DeMille novel), a 2010 novel by Nelson DeMille * The Lion (Kessel novel), a 1958 novel by Joseph Kessel *Lion (magazine), ''Lion'' (magazine), published by Lions Clubs International *Lion Comics, a Tamil comic book series

Other media

*Lion (video game), ''Lion'' (video game), a 1995 computer game *"The Lion", the first episode of the 1965 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Crusade (Doctor Who)#ep1, The Crusade'' *Lions (Kemeys), ''Lions'' (Kemeys), a pair of outdoor 1894 bronze sculptures by Edward Kemeys

Brands and enterprises

*Lion (Australasian company), a beverage company that operates in Australia and New Zealand **Bega Dairy & Drinks, formerly known as Lion Dairy & Drinks (when a division of the above) *Lion (chocolate bar), a chocolate bar *Lion Air, Indonesia's largest privately run airline * Lion brand foods, started by D. & J. Fowler Ltd. in Adelaide in the late 19th century *Lion Brand Yarns, a US manufacturer of yarn *Lion Brand Stationery, an English stationery company *Lion Brewery (disambiguation) *Lion Cereal, a breakfast cereal based on the Lion chocolate bar *Lion Corporation, a Japanese hygiene and toiletries company *Lion Ferry, a defunct Swedish ferry company *Lion Group, a Malaysian company *Lion Oil, an American company founded in 1922 *Local Investing Opportunity Network *Lions Clubs International, an international charity/service organisation *The Lions (agency), Fashion model agency in New York

Places

*Lion, Belgrade, a neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia *Gulf of Lion, south of France *Lion Park, a lion wildlife conservation enclosure in Gauteng province, South Africa *Lion Rock, a hill in Hong Kong *Lion's Mound, an artificial hill on the battlefield of Waterloo *Lion-sur-Mer, a French commune in the Calvados ''département'' *The Lion (mountain), Tasmania, Australia *The Lions (peaks), a pair of mountain peaks in British Columbia, Canada *Shi Islet, Lion Islet (Shi Islet), Lieyu, Kinmen (Quemoy), Fujian, ROC (Taiwan)

People

*Lion (name), a surname and given name (including a list of people with that name) *Lions (surname) *The Lion, a nickname or epithet; see List of people known as the Lion

Sports

American colleges

*Arkansas–Fort Smith Lions, at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith *Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions and Golden Lady Lions, at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff *Columbia Lions, the intercollegiate athletic program of Columbia University *Lincoln University Lions, at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) *Lindenwood Lions, of Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri *Loyola Marymount Lions, the intercollegiate athletic program of Loyola Marymount University *Missouri Southern Lions, at Missouri Southern State University *New Jersey Lions, at the College of New Jersey *North Alabama Lions, at the University of North Alabama *Penn State Nittany Lions, the intercollegiate athletic program of the main campus of Pennsylvania State University *Piedmont University Lions, at Piedmont University in Georgia, USA *Southeastern Louisiana Lions, the intercollegiate athletic program of Southeastern Louisiana University *Texas A&M–Commerce Lions, at Texas A&M Universitye–Commerce

Association football

Africa

*Cameroon national football team or the *East End Lions F.C. in the Sierra Leone National Premier League *Heart of Lions F.C., a member of the Ghana Telecom Premier League *Morocco national football team, nicknamed the Atlas Lions *Nathi Lions F.C., a South African football club

Asia

*Iraq national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Mesopotamia *Lions F.C., a Philippine club *Singapore national football team or the Lions *Young Lions FC, an under-23 soccer team from Singapore

Europe

*Bulgaria national football team, also known as the Bulgarian Lions *England national football team, nicknamed The Three Lions *Livingston F.C., a Scottish football team nicknamed "The Lions" *Millwall F.C., an English football team known as the Lions *Sannat Lions F.C., a football club in Malta

Elsewhere

*Columbus Lions, a charter member of the World Indoor Football League *Queensland Lions FC, or "Lions FC", Australian soccer club formerly known as the "Brisbane Lions"

Australian rules football

*Brisbane Lions, a team in the AFL *Fitzroy Football Club, a team formerly in the AFL *Huonville Lions, a club currently playing in the Southern Football League *North London Lions, a team based in London *Subiaco Football Club, a team in the WAFL *Suncoast Lions Football Club, a feeder club for the Brisbane Lions

Baseball

*Saitama Seibu Lions, a Japanese baseball team *Samsung Lions, a Korean baseball team *Tianjin Lions, a Chinese baseball team *Uni-President Lions, a Taiwanese baseball team

Basketball

*BC SCM Timișoara, from Romania, nicknamed ''Leii din Banat'', meaning ''The Lions from Banat'' *Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué, from Chile *Lions de Genève, from Switzerland *London Lions (basketball), from Great Britain *PS Karlsruhe Lions, from Germany *San Beda Red Lions, from the Philippines *Traiskirchen Lions, from Austria *Zhejiang Lions, from China

Cricket

*Chandigarh Lions, a team from the Indian Cricket League *Highveld Lions, a South African cricket team *Surrey County Cricket Club, Surrey Lions, English county's Twenty20 and Pro40 team

Gridiron football

*BC Lions, a Canadian football team *Detroit Lions, an American football team *New Yorker Lions, an American football team from Braunschweig, Germany

Handball

*Limburg Lions, a handball team in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands

Ice hockey

*Finland men's national ice hockey team or the Lions *LHC Les Lions, an ice hockey team in Lyon, France

Rugby league

*England national rugby league team, also known as the Lions *Great Britain national rugby league team or the Lions *Mount Albert Lions, a rugby league club in New Zealand *Swinton Lions, a British rugby league club

Rugby union

*British & Irish Lions, a rugby union team representing the British Isles in international competitions *Golden Lions, Golden Lions Rugby Union, a South African provincial rugby union that operates the Lions (United Rugby Championship) *Lions (United Rugby Championship), a South African professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship *Rugby Lions, an English rugby union club based in the town of Rugby, England

Speedway

*Leicester Lions, a British speedway team *Oxford Lions, a British Speedway team based in Oxford, England

Technology

*LION (cipher), an encryption algorithm *LION (cable system), a submarine telecommunications cable linking Madagascar, Réunion, and Mauritius *Lithium-ion battery, a type of rechargeable battery *OS X Lion, a version of Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers *OS X Mountain Lion, a version of Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers, proceeding OS X Lion

Transport

Vehicles

*Lion (automobile), built in Adrian, Michigan, United States, from 1909 to 1912 *British Rail D0260, a prototype diesel locomotive *Leyland Lion PSR1, a single-deck bus manufactured between 1960 and 1967 *LMR 57 Lion, LMR 57 ''Lion'', an 1838 early British steam locomotive *South Devon Railway Eagle class, South Devon Railway ''Eagle'' class, a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive *''Stourbridge Lion'', an early US steam locomotive built in Britain *The Lion (locomotive), an 1840 steam locomotive on the NRHP in the USA

Vessels

*Lion (warship), ''Lion'' (warship), the name of five warships of the Royal Scottish Navy during the 16th century *''Lion'', a ship of the Third Supply fleet to Virginia colony in 1609 *French destroyer Lion, French destroyer ''Lion'', a 1929 Guépard class destroyer *French ship Lion (1804), French ship ''Lion'' (1804), a French Navy ship of the line *Hired armed cutter Lion, Hired armed cutter ''Lion'', two ships (or possibly one ship) employed by the Royal Navy *HMS Lion, HMS ''Lion'', any of numerous British Royal Navy ships *Lion-class destroyer, ''Lion''-class destroyer, a cancelled destroyer class of the French Navy *MS European Mariner, MS ''European Mariner'', also known as MS ''Lion'', a ferry *Lion (1796 ship), ''Lion'' (1796 ship)

Other uses

*Lion (Boy Scouts of America), an achievement level *Lion (coin), a 15th-century Scottish coin *Lion (color) *Lion (heraldry), a common charge *Lion of Judah, a recurring theme in Judeo-Christian tradition and in Ethiopia *Napier Lion, an aircraft engine whose first prototypes were built in 1917 *Leo the Lion (MGM), a mascot of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and some of its affiliates *Leo (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac, known as 'the lion' *Leo (astrology), astrological sign of the zodiac, known as 'the lion'