Sion

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sion"

English

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Sion

  1. Alternative spelling of Zion.

Etymology 2

From French Sion, from Latin Sedunum, from the name of the Seduni tribe.

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Sion

Proper noun

Sion

  1. A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.
Translations

Etymology 3

Two main origins:

Proper noun

Sion (plural Sions)

  1. A surname.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sion is the 37180th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Sion is most common among White (47.0%), Black/African American (25.5%), Hispanic/Latino (14.17%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.5%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Proper noun

Sion m inan

  1. alternative form of Sión

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון. Named after a former monastery.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Si‧on

Proper noun

Sion n

  1. a hamlet in Rijswijk, South Holland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “sion”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sion f

  1. (biblical) Zion

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Proper noun

Sion f

  1. Zion

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key):

Proper noun

Sion f sg (genitive Sionis); third declension

  1. (biblical) Mount Zion

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Sion
genitive Sionis
dative Sionī
accusative Sionem
ablative Sione
vocative Sion

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sion n

  1. (biblical) Zion

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sion n

  1. (biblical) Zion

Old Irish

Proper noun

Sion

  1. alternative spelling of Sión

Mutation

Mutation of Sion
radical lenition nasalization
Sion Ṡion unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Proper noun

Sion n

  1. Zion

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Sïón, from Ecclesiastical Latin, from Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).

Proper noun

Sion m (genitive Shioin)

  1. (Christianity, Judaism) Zion

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of Sion
radical lenition
Sion Shion
after "an", t-Sion

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: Sion

Proper noun

Sion m

  1. (Christianity) Zion

Swedish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Proper noun

Sion n (genitive Sions)

  1. (biblical) Zion

Derived terms

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