Sion

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Sion

1. Alternative spelling of Zion.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Hebrews 12:22, column 2:

     But ye are come vnto mount Sion, and vnto the citie of the liuing God the heauenly Ieruſalem, and to an innumerable company of Angels:

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

 Sion, Switzerland on Wikipedia

Sion

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

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Galician Sión, a habitational surname from a place in Pontevedra province.
• Borrowed from French Sion, a reduced form of the personal name Michon.

Sion (plural Sions)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sion is the 37180^th 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sion”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• -osin, Ison, ison, Sino-, onis, ions, NOIs, Ions, OSNI, sino-, Soni

Sion m inan

1. alternative form of Sión

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “Sion”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Sión”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Named after a former monastery.

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• Hyphenation: Si‧on

Sion n

1. a hamlet in Rijswijk, South Holland, Netherlands

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

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

• IPA^(key): /sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: scion, scions

Sion f

1. (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)

• étoile de Sion
• sionisme
• sioniste

• → Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)
• → Romanian: Sion

• oins, soin

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.on/
• Hyphenation: Sì‧on

Sion f

1. (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)

• Niso, niso, sino, sino-, soni

From Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Sīōn f sg (genitive Sīōnis); third declension

1. (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)

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Bengali: সিয়োন (śiẏōn)
• Czech: Sión, Sion, Sijón
• Finnish: Siion
• French: Sion
  • → Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)
  • → Romanian: Sion
• Italian: Sion
• Malayalam: സിയ്യോൻ (siyyōṉ)
• Norwegian Bokmål: Sion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Sion
• Old English: Syon
  • Middle English: Sion
    • English: Zion, Sion
      • → Bengali: জায়ন (jaẏon)
      • → Marshallese: Jāioon
• Old High German: Sion
  • German: Zion, Sion
    • → Serbo-Croatian: Cìon, Цѝон
• Old Irish: Sión
  • Irish: Síón
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sion
• Polish: Syjon
• Portuguese: Sião
• Spanish: Sion, Sión
• Swedish: Sion
• Welsh: Sïon

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Sion n

1. (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)

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Sion n

1. (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)

Sion

1. alternative spelling of Sión

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Sion

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Borrowed from French Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Sion n

1. (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)

From Old Irish Sïón, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Sion m (genitive Shioin)

1. (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)

• (mountain): Beinn Shioin, Sion Shuas

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Doublet of Cìon.

• IPA^(key): /sǐoːn/
• Hyphenation: Si‧on

Sìōn m (Cyrillic spelling Сѝо̄н)

1. (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: Cìon

• “Sìōn”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• Sión

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

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

Sion m

1. (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)

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Sion n (genitive Sions)

1. (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)

• sionism
• sionist