Цион

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 Сѝо̄н.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sǐon/
  • Hyphenation: Ци‧он

Proper noun

Цѝон m inan (Latin spelling Cìon)

  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: Сѝо̄н

Declension