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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Zion, from Old High German Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Doublet of Sìōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sǐon/
- Hyphenation: Ci‧on
Proper noun
Cìon m (Cyrillic spelling Цѝон)
- (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)
- Synonym: Sìōn
Declension
References
- “Cìon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025