Zion

See also: zion and zioń

English

Alternative forms

• Sion

Etymology

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/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ.ən/, /ˈzaɪˌɒn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪən, -aɪɒn

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

• 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)

Derived terms

• New Zion
• Zion curtain
• Zion Don
• Zionism
• Zionist
• Zionize

Descendants

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

Translations

hill ("mount") in Israel

• Amharic: ጽዮን (ṣəyon)
• Arabic: صَهْيُون m (ṣahyūn), صِهْيُون m (ṣihyūn), صُهْيُون m (ṣuhyūn), صِهْيَوْن m (ṣihyawn)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ (ṣɛhyōn)

• Armenian: Սիոն (Sion)
• Belarusian: Сіён m (Sijón), Сыён m (Syjón)
• Bengali: সিয়োন (śiẏōn), জায়ন (jaẏon)
• Bulgarian: Цио́н m (Ción)
• Catalan: Sió (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏌᏯᏂ (sayani)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 錫安 / 锡安 (sek³ on¹)

  Hokkien: 錫安 / 锡安

  Mandarin: 錫安 / 锡安 (zh) (Xī'ān)

• Czech: Sión (cs) m
• Danish: Zion n
• Estonian: Siion (et)
• Finnish: Siion
• French: Sion (fr) f
• Georgian: სიონი (sioni)
• German: Zion (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σιών f (Siṓn)

• Hebrew: ציון \ צִיּוֹן (he) f (tsiyón)
• Hindi: सिय्योन (siyyon)
• Irish: Síón m, Sliabh Shíón m
• Japanese: ザイオン (Zaion), シオン (Shion)
• Kazakh: Сион (Sion)
• Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)
• Korean: 시온 (Sion)
• Latin: Sīōn
• Malay: Zion
• Malayalam: സെഹ്യോൻ (sehyōṉ), സിയ്യോൻ (siyyōṉ)
• Navajo: dził Záíyan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sion (no) n

  Nynorsk: Sion n

• Persian: صهیون (fa) (sahyun)
• Polish: Syjon (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Sião m
• Russian: Сио́н (ru) m (Sión)
• Scottish Gaelic: Sion
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Цѝон m, Сѝо̄н m

  Roman: Cìon (sh) m, Sìōn (sh) m

• Slovak: Sion m
• Spanish: Sion (es) m
• Swedish: Sion n
• Turkish: Siyon
• Ukrainian: Сіо́н m (Sión)
• Urdu: صیہون (saīhūn), صہیون (sahyūn)
• Volapük: Siun
• Welsh: Seion f, Sïon f
• Yiddish: ציון f (tsien)

See also

• Mount of Olives
• The Holy Land

Anagrams

• zino

German

Alternative forms

• Sion

Etymology

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/.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

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)

Declension

Declension of Zion [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zion
genitive	eines	des	Zions
dative	einem	dem	Zion
accusative	einen	den	Zion

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• Zionismus
• Zionist
• Zionit

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: Cìon, Цѝон