Lyonnesse

[ lahy-uh-nes ]

/ ˌlaɪ əˈnɛs /

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

Example sentences from the Web for lyonnesse

Stuart said musingly: I see Lyonnesse more as the land where the dead wait till they are wanted again.

Twos and Threes |G. B. Stern
It was the same back I had seen, in the same haste, leaving the Lyonnesse Club less than two hours ago.

The Tower of Oblivion |Oliver Onions
Baroni had gained his point, and was ushered into the fine chambers set apart for the future Duke of Lyonnesse.

Under Two Flags |Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]
The earliest records speak of them as occupying the Lyonnesse country, which is now under the sea beyond Land's End.

Ande Trembath |Matthew Stanley Kemp

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

The Tower of Oblivion |Oliver Onions

Lyonnesse

/ (ˌlaɪəˈnɛs) /

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