Zion

• Sion

From Middle English Sion, from Old English Syon, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Initial Z- was likely under influence from Early New High German Zion, itself influenced by the Ashkenazi pronunciation /t͡s/.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ.ən/, /ˈzaɪˌɒn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪən, -aɪɒn

Zion

2. (biblical) 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: Mount Zion

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 5:7, column 2:

     Neuertheleſſe, Dauid tooke the ſtrong hold of Zion: the ſame is the citie of Dauid.

3. (poetic) Jerusalem city proper; or more strictly speaking, the Temple Mount.
4. (by extension) The whole nation of Israel.
5. A male given name from Hebrew.
6. A female given name.
7. (Mormonism) An association of the righteous.
8. A city and township in Lake County, Illinois, United States.

• Mount Zion
• Moriah, Mount of myrrh (as a special landmark of 'perfume' importance; Analogous to the very special power of prayer that rises specifically from this locale. In accordance with Jewish Midrashic literature)

• → Bengali: জায়ন (jaẏon)
• → Marshallese: Jāioon

• Mount of Olives
• The Holy Land

• zino

• Sion

From Old High German Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Initial Z- was influenced by the Ashkenazi pronunciation /t͡s/.

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Zion m (proper noun, strong, genitive Zions)

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)

• Berg Zion (Berg Sion)
• Zionsberg (Sionsberg)

• Zionismus
• Zionist
• Zionit

• → Serbo-Croatian: Cìon, Цѝон