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

At Lyonnesse, after a fierce battle in which confusion reigned and friends and foes were shadows in the mist, he meets his king.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

What would bechance at Lyonnesse    While I should sojourn there    No prophet durst declare, Nor did the wisest wizard guess What would bechance at Lyonnesse    While I should sojourn there.

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

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.]

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

The legend of the fair land of Lyonnesse is supported by the evidence of a submarine forest in Mount's Bay, noted by Borlase in 1757.

From Cornwall by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)