Сион

From Russian Сио́н (Sión), from Old East Slavic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Old Church Slavonic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Сион • (Sion)

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)

• Сіо́нъ (Sión), (uncommon) Сио́нъ (Sión) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

From Old East Slavic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Old Church Slavonic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Compare Ukrainian Сіо́н (Sión) and Belarusian Сіён (Sijón), Сыён (Syjón).

• IPA^(key): [sʲɪˈon]

Сио́н • (Sión) m inan (genitive Сио́на, relational adjective сио́нский or сио́новый)

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)

• → Kazakh: Сион (Sion)

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

• IPA^(key): /sǐoːn/
• Hyphenation: Си‧он

Сѝо̄н m inan (Latin spelling Sìōn)

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: Цѝон