Jāioon

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Zion, from Middle English Sion, from Old English Syon, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲæiɔːnʲ], (enunciated) [tʲæiɔɔnʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲæjijɛwɛnʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jayiyewen}

Proper noun

Jāioon

  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)

References

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