Zion

English

Etymology

From Hebrew ציון (tsiyón)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪən

Proper noun

Zion

1. A mountain in Israel on which Jerusalem is built.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 2 Samuel 5:7:

     Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

2. Jerusalem.
3. (metaphorical): The whole nation of Israel.
4. A male given name of modern usage.

Derived terms

• Zionism
• Zionist
• Zionistic
• Zionize, Zionization

Synonyms

• Sion

Translations

mountain in Israel

• Arabic: صهيون (ar) (Sahyuun) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錫安 (cmn), 锡安 (cmn) (Xī'ān)

• Danish: Zion (da)
• Finnish: Siion (fi)
• French: Sion (fr)
• German: Zion (de)
• Hebrew: ציון (he) (tsiyón) f

• Irish: Síón (ga) m, Sliabh Shíón (ga) m
• Japanese: ザイオン (ja) (Zaion), シオン (ja) (Shion)
• Navajo: dził Záíyan
• Norwegian: Sion (no)
• Russian: Сион (ru) (Sión) m
• Slovak: Sion (sk) m
• Spanish: Sion (es) m
• Swedish: Sion (sv)
• Volapük: Siun (vo)
• Yiddish: ציון (yi) (Tsien) f

Anagrams

• zino