Lyonnesse

American  

[lahy-uh-nes] / ˌlaɪ əˈnɛs /

noun

1. 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.

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Lyonnesse British  

/ ˌlaɪəˈnɛs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Part of the fuss my numerous friends made about my Knighthood was this desire of theirs that my portrait should be painted and hung up in the Lyonnesse Club.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

When I set out for Lyonnesse,    A hundred miles away,    The rime was on the spray, And starlight lit my lonesomeness When I set out for Lyonnesse    A hundred miles away.

From Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces by Hardy, Thomas

The "dolorous death and departing out of this world" in Lyonnesse and elsewhere corresponds to and completes the triumph of Sarras.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George

What a history had unfolded since that afternoon when I had found him in the Lyonnesse Club, gazing at his image in the glass of a framed print on the wall!

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Then he rose slowly and wandered back to Lyonnesse.

From King Arthur and His Knights by Enright, Walter J.